The Kingfisher Treasury of Spooky Stories

Overview:

  • Title: The Kingfisher Treasury of Spooky Stories
  • Author: Jane Olliver
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9780753456347
  • Publisher: Kingfisher
  • Price: $5.99
  • Pages: 158
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: A Story About Death
  • Notes:
    • First printing in 1992.
    • Fourth printing per the numberline found on the book's copyright page.
    • Profusely illustrated by Annabel Spenceley with each story having several black-and-white illustrations.
    • The story "The Fraid" by Susan Price may be "The Familiar" from the same year.
    • "Teeny-Tiny" is an English folk tale that is retold by Joseph Jacobs.
    • "Shiver and Shake" is a Brothers Grimm story that is retold by Amabel Williams-Ellis.
    • "Ghost Soup" is an Indian folk tale that is retold by John Paton, and it is not listed in the copyrights.
    • There is a "2" on the spine in the middle of a big yellow dot. States on the back cover only that this is the second in Kingfisher Treasury series.
  • $7.75 in Canada.
  • Young persons anthology "Ages 5-8"