The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales

Overview:

  • Title: The Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales
  • Author: Vic Crume, Gladys Schwarcz
  • Year: 1970
  • ISBN-10: 0590092197
  • Publisher: Scholastic
  • Price: $0.50
  • Pages: 80
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Listeners
  • Notes:
    • All publication data from Amazon.com as of 2018-10-27, and Amazon reviewer/customer Librajen.
    • The Stories:
      •"A Sea Dirge" is excerpted from The Tempest.
      •"The Ghost Catcher" is retold by E. B. Chance.
      •"The Cradle That Rocked by Itself" is retold by Maria Leach.
      •"The Erl-King" is translated by Louis Untermeyer.
      •"The Red Room" is an edited and abridged version of the H. G. Wells story.
    • The contents are listed in order given by reader/reviewer Librajen. It is unknown if the contents are listed on this site in the true order.
    The excerpt from Sir Roderic's Song is from the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Ruddigore. "Illustration by Gerry Contreras" on the cover of Scholastic's record album of this book, which shares the same cover art.