Spooky South: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the Deep South states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 43 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from fiddling ghosts to the story of the Jack o’Lantern. Whether read around the fire on a dark and stormy night or in the backseat of the family van on the way to Grandma’s, each expertly told tale is guaranteed to make readers look at the South--and over their shoulders--again and again.

Author S.E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of ＂let’s pretend＂ quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of Houghton College, the Institute of Children’s Literature, and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all 50 states, some dating back to the origins of America. Artist Paul Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Globe Pequot Spooky series, he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.