Mary Mary

The Girl in the Locked Room is Mary Downing Hahn for sure.  I always warn kids that this is not one of those authors who tricks you, where the ghost is just Uncle Bill in a sheet, like a Scooby Doo episode.  This stuff is for real scary.  And that is what makes MDH so awesome.  I have to say I couldn't get into this one as quickly as I have been sucked in to her books before but it was probably just where I was at the time.  Good stuff. 

Tall Tales and Ghosties

Ozark Tall Tales, The Scariest Stories Ever, Wonder Tales from Around the World, There's No Such Thing as Ghosts:  Ghost Stories from the Southeast, Ozark Ghost Stories, Cajun Ghost Stories, Twenty-two Splendid Stories to Tell From Around the World, and Ghost Stories from the American Southwest are all published by August House and are part of the American Storytelling series.  I was to do some storytelling at a community event, which was later changed because of the weather and I needed some new material so I really did my research.  Even though I didn't

get to do that particular program, I have picked up so great stories to tell to classrooms and groups.  All very well done and very well read.  Some aren't for kids though, but adults love stories, too!