21 of the greatest classis tales of horror ever written, retold and illustrated in full color for 9 to 14 year olds. Read famous chillers -- like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Dracula as well as equally ghoulish but lesser-known tales. "Word Power" boxes clearly define new words in the text to help build young readers' vocabulary.
Contents: Wolverden Tower The Real and the Counterfeit The Middle Toe of the Right Foot The Portrait Painter A Christmas Carol The Signalman The Ghost Chamber The Old Nurse's Story The Shadow The Violet Car The Dead Sexton Madam Crowl's Ghost The Pit and the Pendulum The Open Door Frankenstein The Body-Snatcher Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Dracula Dracula's Guest The Canterville Ghost The Phantom of the Opera
I thought that this book was scary and the stories were grim and gloomy " No the tower is cursed p 10. I also thought that this book should have some more stories.