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The main character is Rozelle Quinn, a mother of ten children who works as a domestic servant for a family she does not like. [3] [1] In 2005, Phillips was awarded the First Novelist Award for The Darkest Child. [4] She was a Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Finalist in 2005, [5] and won the Black Caucus of the ALA Award. [6]
If the titles of each chapter are read one after another, they form their own brief story: "On a Windy, Stormy Night... Down a Dark, Deserted Road... Stands a Strange and Creepy House... With Creaks and Howls and... Gotcha!" At the end of the book, there is an acknowledgments listing. [4]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist, causing mass controversy among fans of Gammell.
More Bones: Scary Stories From Around The World is a 2008 book of children's short stories from around the world. The stories were selected and retold by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz, with illustrations by E.M. Gist. It has been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews. [1]
Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long, written for children. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
"Suffer the Little Children" was first published in the magazine Cavalier in February 1972. [citation needed] It was originally planned to be published in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift, in 1978, but editor Bill Thompson opted to cut it for length (King had wanted to cut "Gray Matter", but deferred to Thompson's choice). [1]
The Darkest Child (2005) Stumbling Blocks and Other Unfinished Work (2023, posth.) Delores Phillips (26 September 1950 – 7 June 2014) was an American author who is known for her acclaimed debut novel , The Darkest Child ( Soho Press , 2005).
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; Scottish Folk Tales; The Second Jungle Book; Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales; Shen of the Sea; Sir Green Hat and the Wizard; The Sneetches and Other Stories; Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night; Still William; The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; The Stone Book Quartet; Sweet William ...