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OverviewDon't Read This! If you're squeamish of ghosts or squirmy monsters! Don't Read This! If you scare easily or need your mother! Don't Read This! If you have to leave the lights on all night! No one is safe! Don't Read This! Chilling, Thrilling, Fantastic Tales for the Young and Young at Heart is a unique collection/anthology that fills a missing space on many bookshelves. It is designed to collect together influential short fiction in the genres of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror that popular authors in those genres can point to as important in their formative years. It also serves as a great entry point for young people just discovering these fabulous genres of the imagination. With contributions from Jane Yolen, Terri Windling, Nancy Etchemendy, Del Howison, Brian Freeman, and many, many more - they explain in their own words what role reading classic speculative fiction played in their formative years and how it influenced their own writing. Some of the great stories include Anton Chekov's In the Graveyard, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappiccini's Daughter, Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen, Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror tales from the Brothers Grimm, H.G. Welles, and of course Edgar Allan Poe. Don't Read This! Chilling, Thrilling, Fantastic Tales for the Young and Young at Heart is a must for any collector, fan, or teacher of speculative fiction for children. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven Lee ClimerPublisher: Sugarbuzzbooks Imprint: Sugarbuzzbooks Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 15.60cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9781615398201ISBN 10: 1615398201 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 15 August 2009 Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |