Powling, Chris

A collection of nine short stories featuring skeletons, a demonic dog, and other spooky characters.

An illustrated retelling of Shakespeare's romance in which the exiled duke Prospero magically shipwrecks several of his former countrymen on his island to teach them a lesson about treachery.

After telling his brother and sister that cobwebs are ghost trails, Adam's practical joke starts to get out of control.

Kit and his sister Anna build a sand castle at the beach and hope that it is good enough to win the sandcastle competition.

Persuaded by his mother to help a weird old man with his flea market stand, young Cal faces a challenge when a girl stops by hoping to sell a Rolex watch while the man is away.

Presents a collection of ten scary stories from a number of noted children's authors.

A collection of stories about ghosts and other spooky subjects.

A brief biography of the writer of such successful books as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," "James and the Giant Peach," and "Matilda.".