In 1932, two years after the first Antarctic expedition, a second expedition sets off. Before the expedition leaves, a stranger gives a notebook to the director of the cruise Howard Pym - who is a professor at the University of Miskatonic - asking him to read it before they reach Antarctica. Preoccupied with the voyage ahead, he forgets about it.
Hal is determined to get to the bottom of his terrifying cheesemares in this hilarious comedy for younger readers from author/illustrator Ross Collins. Includes flap with activity.
The annual outside art festival is nearly a bust for Sapphire Williams and her best friend, Cierra. Over-heated and ready to leave, the two girls encounter a very mysterious woman by the name of Madam Dee. With one dark brown eye and one crystalline blue eye, Madam Dee's stern appearance is enough to make anyone uneasy. However, Sapphire cannot take her eyes off of the Madam Dee's art work that is bizarrely life-like. Convinced that Madam Dee's artistic ability is the result of an old, strange looking art pen with glowing blue inlays, Sapphire "borrows" the odd pen when Madam Dee is not looking. Sapphire quickly realizes that her assumption was correct as each one of her creepy horror sketches begins to take on the same eerie, realistic look as Madam Dee's artwork. It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words...yet Sapphire and Cierra soon learn that some pictures can become much, much more!
Ten cuidado, algunas cosas es mejor dejarlas en paz, otras están destinadas a ser leídas en la oscuridad.¿Qué horror le espera a un niño que cree tener un nuevo amigo que vive en un armario? ¿Cómo escapas de ser aplastado por tus padres como si fueras un insecto? ¿Qué hace que una tienda de mascotas se convierta en el lugar más aterrador de todos? Estas y muchas otras peripecias te esperan entre las páginas. ¡Gritos y espantos! es una divertida colección de cuentos de misterio, terror y aventuras, para leer con las luces apagadas, a la luz de una vela o en una fiesta de pijamas. Es el libro perfecto para acampar y leer con tus amigos y familiares alrededor de una fogata. O para leerlo de noche, a escondidas, debajo de tu edredón.Y no olvides mirar bajo la cama antes de empezar...Para niños, jóvenes y adultos. Cualquiera que ame las historias de terror, de monstruos y brujas disfrutará de esta colección de cuentos. Si quieres que tus hijos lean más y estás buscando algo entretenido que les cause escalofríos, ¡lo encontraste! Despierta su imaginación con estas entretenidas historias, ¡para hacer que la piel se erice de miedo! Contiene 6 ilustraciones. ADVERTENCIA: algunas historias incluyen violencia moderada y otros elementos terroríficos que pueden no ser adecuados para algunos lectores. Se aconseja la supervisión de los padres.
Mean Girls meets Goosebumps in this chilling Creeptown adventure!Desperate to impress her new classmates, 12-year-old Tammy, an aspiring chef, accepts help from a dangerous source. The Booke of Loste Foodes can do miracles. But as its shocking recipes thrust Tammy into the spotlight, she discovers the nightmarish secret behind them. And a Head Chef she may never escape...Don't miss the fast-paced horror series kids are screaming about! Creeptown books combine fast plots, lovable characters and shocking late twists. Perfect for fans of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps. Can you predict how the story will end?
"When shy 6th-grade shutterbug Whit Garcia starts middle school, he's forced to join a yearbook club with three other weirdos who will never be voted 'most likely to succeed.' But after the ghosts of missing students start haunting them, Whit, Hester, Hillary and Press must solve the supernatural secret behind these spirits--or their yearbook club will be voted most likely to join them. But are these ghostly students the real bad guys? Or are they just warning Whit and his friends? Warning them about a darkness beyond their schoolyard...a darkness that threatens to swallow the school--and its occupants--whole"--Provided by publisher.
A group of school children, bored on the second week of their long Summer holidays, hear a rumour about a haunted house and decide to go on a ghost hunt. But things don`t turn out as any of them expected!
They were victims of life, but they vanquished death. A gripping YA horror story, coming to Netflix soon.
Thrice. Three times. Those creepy shrine maidens saved Miko from three encounters with murderous ghosts... but what happens now? Well, Miko’s about to find out! In an effort to thank and appease the strange spirits who protected her, Miko is determined to bring an offering back to the shrine where she first met them. The only problem? The area looks a bit different from the last time she visited…
Twenty-three-year-old Devon Owens receives an unexpected message from an online stranger. One curious reply takes on a sinister turn when Devon suddenly finds himself trapped in an inescapable nightmare of online terror.
The last time Joanna saw Ryan, someone died. Still, unlike everyone else, Joanna trusts Ryan. But does she trust him enough to help her enact revenge on her high school nemesis, who bullies her cruelly and mercilessly? Does she need to trust him, if she doesn't care about the consequences? A dark, young adult fantasy tale about bullies, revenge-and unexpected consequences.
Catlin has already fallen foul of one such creature - a dark, vicious predator who almost killed her - and only Madeline giving up a part of her own soul was able to bring Catlin back from the brink of death. Now, the girls are making their strange new lives: Catlin, haunted by what happened to her, is isolated and bereft;
Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary.
When 12-year-old Rab finds a mysterious hag stone, he sees witches coming to claim his sisters for their coven in this historical adventure based on the life of Robert Burns.
If you think monsters don't exist, just ask Theodora Hendrix. The second in a brilliantly funny new series, perfect for fans of Amelia Fang.After facing down an evil hag, a thieving skele-crow and an army of the undead, ten-year-old Theodora Hendrix is certain she can handle anything ¿ that is, until she meets the unpleasant Inspector Shelley and her even more unpleasant pet rat. Shelley and Ratsputin have come to spy on the MLM, and are determined to make trouble at every turn. Then Theodora makes a discovery of her own: a cursed beetle. She needs to destroy it without attracting the attention of the inspector ¿ and fast. The stakes couldn¿t be higher: if Theodora fails, her beloved monster family will rot in the dankest, darkest prisons of Transylvaniä
A twisted tale from the world of the hit horror video game, Bendy and the Ink Machine!
Stranger Things meets Point Horror in the first of a brilliant new series for readers aged 11+ from Yvette Fielding, British television's first lady of the paranormal and presenter of Most Haunted. When Clovis, Eve and Tom decide to play with a ouija board in an old abandoned house on Halloween, none of them foresees the horrors they're about to unleash. What starts out as a bit of fun, soon transcends into something far more terrifying when a distressed and determined spirit follows them home. Before long the friends are caught up in a series of events beyond their wildest imaginings and their journey as ghost hunters begins . . . 'When I grow up I wanna be a ghost hunter!' Keith Lemon'If you're reading this scary book in bed then it might be wise to leave the landing light on' Paul O'Grady'I'm too scared to read this!' Matt Lucas
Life is different in Peculiar County. So is death, as Dibby Caldwell, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Hangwell's mortician, is about to find out. Witches lurk in the shadows. A menacing creature haunts the skies. And the dead refuse to stay dead. A cry for help in the middle of the night finds Dibby in the neighbor's cornfield, where the ghost of a young boy manifests, clings to her, and pleads with her to help him. Aided by the new kid in town, James Mackleby, the teenager launches her investigation, much to the consternation of some of the townsfolk. She's told not to stir up old memories, and she soon learns that some folks will do anything to keep her from learning the truth. Her world crumbles when she discovers her own father knows more than he's saying, and now she doesn't know who to trust. As if her life needs any further complications, she has to deal with her growing feelings for the town's bad boy, who has proven himself unreliable and not very trustworthy, but she needs to trust someone. In her search for the truth, she unearths the supernatural roots of her hometown and finds allies in the least likely characters, people she had at one time considered prime suspects. But will her kind heart and the search for justice prove to be the death of her?
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