Monsters Around The Campfire

Even on a hot summer night, there can be chills around a campfire. For Ollie Carothers and his fellow campers, the goal was simple - have the best time ever.In the glow of the fire, stories are told, one camper to another. But are they just stories? What snapped the branch? Is that just a shadow? What lurks under the surface of the swimming hole?Could it really be ...Monsters?

Stranger Things meets Goosebumps!Even on a hot summer night, there can be chills around a campfire. For Ollie Carothers and his fellow campers, the goal was simple - have the best time ever.In the glow of the fire, stories are told, one camper to another. But are they just stories?What snapped that branch?Is that just a shadow?What lurks beneath the surface of the swimming hole?Could it really be ... Monsters?Full of artwork by the author and perfect for readers 9 to 12 years old, this illustrated collection of short stories will sink its teeth into any reader and pull them through a Goonies level of monster-filled adventure!Though the stories are bit long to be shared out loud, they're perfect for hiding in your sleeping bag with a flashlight at summer camp.Are you ready to find out what's lurking in the shadows?

Little monsters everywhere will love singing along to their favourite campfire tunes in this howlingly fun collection with a gross and gory twist. Classic songs have been altered for optimal gross-out effect by the ghoulish Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by the Master of Creep, Gris Grimly. Songs include "99 Bottles of Blood on the Wall," "For He's a Stinky Old Fellow," and the classic "Do Your Guts Hang Low?" So gather your creepy crawly friends and get ready to slither and slink and howl and stink!

Storytelling is an ancient practice known in all civilizations throughout history. Characters, tales, techniques, oral traditions, motifs, and tale types transcend individual cultures - elements and names change, but the stories are remarkably similar with each rendition, highlighting the values and concerns of the host culture. Examining the stories and the oral traditions associated with different cultures offers a unique view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings past and present cultures of the world to life through their stories, oral traditions, and performance styles. It combines folklore and mythology, traditional arts, history, literature, and festivals to present an overview of world cultures through their liveliest and most fascinating mode of expression. This appealing resource includes specific storytelling techniques as well as retellings of stories from various cultures and traditions.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Do ghosts exist? What about the Bigfoot, or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? Journalist Tea Krulos spent over a year travelling nationwide to meet individuals who have made it their life's passion to hunt down evidence of entities that they believe exist, but that others might shrug off as nothing more than myths, fairytales, or overactive imaginations. Without taking sides in the debate, Krulos joins these believers in the field, exploring haunted houses, trekking through creepy forests, and scanning skies and lakes as they collect data on the unknown—poltergeists, chupacabras, Skunk Apes (Bigfoot's stinky cousins), and West Virginia's Mothman. He even attends an attempted exorcism. Along the way, he meets a diverse cast of characters—true believers, skeptics, and hoaxers, from the credible to the quirky. It is hard not to be swept up in the investigators' never-wavering enthusiasm, and Krulos has a couple of hair-raising encounters along the way, ones that make him second-guess his own beliefs. Yet in the end, he leaves it to the reader to decide: are these people onto something, or are they tilting at supernatural windmills? Tea Krulos is a freelance journalist and author of Heroes in the Night and the blog of the same name. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"Previously published as Medusa's gaze and vampire's bite by Scribner"--Title page verso.

Offers a year of daily devotional readings designed to bring teenagers to a close, personal relationship with God.