something spooky,for halloween,suitable for a range of age groups from the very young to teens,please no harry potter!! something rural british,local spookiness!
2007-06-12 23:20:01 · 8 answers · asked by markybartfast 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
That's the link to Project Gutenberg, the largest collection of literary works that are in the public domain (no copyright).
Do a search for Doyle, Sir Arthur (or just Doyle will do and then scroll through the list to find Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's works). He wrote many ghoulish stories in addition to his most famous "Sherlock Holmes" short stories and novels.
Or go to "Advanced Search" and type halloween in the "full text" box.
You can even refine it by typing halloween and the name of your county or ghost and the name of your county. You just might find a story about something spooky that happened in your own neighbourhood!
2007-06-14 04:49:12 · answer #1 · answered by rhapword 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For the last several evenings, I have been reading bedtime short stories to my son from a wonderful book called "Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing." (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)
There are 24 stories in all and they were selected by children's author Avi (with Carolyn Shute).
Categories as listed on the back jacket are: humor, adventure, survival, historical fiction, science fiction and fantasy.
In the genre you have specified, I would specifically suggest looking into these stories from the book:
"Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons" by Walter R. Brooks
"The Baby in the Night Deposit Box" by Megan Whalen Turner
"The Woman in the Snow" by Patricia McKissack
"To Starch a Spook" by Andrew Benedict
"The Librarian and the Robbers" by Margaret Mahy
and "Zlateh the Goat" by Isaac Bashevis Singer
All of these stories could be suitably adapted for storytelling, all are entertaining and just spooky enough without being unsettling for the young and the not so young.
There are a few others about animals that we enjoyed greatly:
"The Dog of Pompeii" by Louis Untermeyer
"Nuts" by Natalie Babbitt
"Flight of the Swan" by Marian Flandrick Bray
and "The Town Cats" by Lloyd Alexander
Ruralize to your heart's content!
Spookify Britishly!
2007-06-12 23:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Songsmyth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the local library will have a section on folklore that might fit the bill.
2007-06-12 23:23:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anoni M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
M.R.James has some good ones, also Edgar Allan Poe (not British but still good)
2007-06-14 10:34:50 · answer #4 · answered by moominpics 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, just read any novel on the subject. There are no NEW stories, just spins on an original
2007-06-12 23:24:37 · answer #5 · answered by apgbah 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I hope you find this useful, plenty to pick and choose from and easily printable :)
2007-06-12 23:27:35 · answer #6 · answered by Mark C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
from google
2007-06-12 23:24:34 · answer #7 · answered by nidhi g 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.magickeys.com/books/
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html
http://www.ability.org.uk/childrens_literature_online_book.html
http://www.electricscotland.com/kids/stories/
2007-06-12 23:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋