What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I vaguely remember a book I would have read in the mid 90s-early 00s. I remember it being around A4 size and paperback. It may have been by Babette Cole, it was definitely a very similar style of illustration. I remember the pages being white with the illustrations standing out and not having any other background. I remember a ghostly pirate ship, it may have been about a family of monsters or ghosts? It definitely had a spooky vibe! It was a picture book not a chapter book.

Florence, can you tell us more about the illustrations - e.g., simple or detailed, realistic or cartoon-like, painted watercolors or bold graphics, bright or dark colors, black & white?

Author/illustrator mentioned - Babette Cole

I feel like maybe pen and ink and watercolour? The main one I remember was this looming dark ghost ship which scared me! I feel like they were more on the cartoony/exaggerated side. The main thing I remember is them contrasting strongly with a white background, so you’d have a character in the middle of all this white.

I think they were also quite detailed illustrations.

Bump

bump

I added "Spooky book about family of monsters or ghosts?" to the header/topic title. You can update it by clicking the small "edit" link after the header. This only works on the full Desktop website - not the Mobile website or app. (On the Mobile website, click the "Desktop version" link at the bottom of the page.)

Would it happen to be Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Alvin Schwartz?

Here is Amazon's "Look Inside" preview of Athena's suggestion - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz:

https://www.amazon.com/Scary-Stories-... There are different cover images.

It’s not scary stories to tell in the dark I’m afraid. I think this was aimed at a younger audience! Not quite so scary!

spooky bump

bump

spooky bump

I found it completely by chance in a charity shop!!!!!!!!
It’s spooks by Colin Hawkins!
I mixed it up a bit with his vampires and pirates books as well but it’s the one! Solved!!!!!!

That's great. Glad you found your book, Florence. Thanks for the update. Here's the link - Spooks by Colin Hawkins.

this can be moved to solved!