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Article: Ghost Stories
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 30, 1995
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There was an old woman all skin and bone
Who lived near the graveyard all alone.
O-o o-o o-o o-o!
Ah, yes, it's that time of year when sweet bedtime stories about
teddy bears who are lost and then found are being replaced with hair-
raisers such as "The Ghost-Eye Tree," by Bill Martin Jr. and John
Archambault or Allan Ahlberg's "Skeleton Crew."
The increased demand for children's books in recent years has led
marketers to new heights in spook stories. In addition to the
standard tales from folklore or the classic creations of the great
American short story writers, you can now find books that glow in the
dark, wail eerily, and surprise your little ones with peek-a-boo
coffins. Since ...