Strange and Spooky Stories: A Haunted Canada Book

by Pat Hancock

These short stories from best-selling author Pat Hancock will chill you to the bone! From a strange painting that reveals a life-saving secret to a bag swarming with creepy crawlies, these tales are sure to send shivers down your spine!

128 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Pat Hancock’s five Haunted Canada books combine spooky stories and eerie illustrations with interesting facts about Canadian history. Readers will be thrilled and chilled by her hair-raising stories! Haunted Canada: True Ghost Stories garnered the Saskatchewan Silver Willow Award in 2004. A longtime collector of funny but true facts about Canada, Pat is also well-known for her three collections of Crazy Canadian Trivia books.

Pat spent much of her life teaching science and English, until she retired and became a full-time parent. She says that reading to her three children sparked her interest in writing. She continues to teach English courses at the University of Toronto and Ryerson, and also leads writing workshops.

Reviews

[Stephanie H]

I’m looking for some stories to read with my middle grades over the Halloween month and decided to read this one.

There are a few stories in here that I think I can use. My favourite is The Raven.

The writing is obviously a little dated since it’s an older book, but I think I will get the reaction I’m looking for from my students.

[Noelle Walsh]

This book was really good! I immediately reread it after I had finished my first reading and still occasionally reread it just to enjoy the spooky tales in this book.