Walking Trees (American Storytelling) [Paperback]

Roberta Simpson Brown (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 and up | Series: American Storytelling

Though Roberta Brown's modern-day scary stories take place in familiar territory county fairs, high school locker rooms, homes where the kids have snacks of milk and cookies other things inhabit her fictional landscape. Slimy things. Lonely things.Things that want a little snack themselves, and not the milk-and-cookie variety, either. There are trees that walk, statues that accuse, and white-faced ticket-takers with gentle names like Dave who send people on very long journeys. These stories are short, creepy, and perfect for reading around a campfire when the sky is full of stars.

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About the Author

Until her recent retirement, Roberta Simpson Brown enjoyed a long career teaching language arts in an inner-city middle school in Louisville, Kentucky. Her storytelling media credits include National Public Radio, The Voice of America, and the storytelling documentary, Many Voices, One Heart. She is the author of three collections of scary stories that amply demonstrate her claim to the title "Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales."

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 11 and up
  
• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: August House; 1st edition (October 16, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874831431
• ISBN-13: 978-0874831436
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,269,321 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just the right amount of scary, June 26, 2000

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M. J. Smith (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walking Trees (American Storytelling) (Paperback)

This is an excellent collection of scary stories aimed at the 11-13 age group - campouts, sleep overs and the like. There is a nice variety of natural and supernatural ... pure evil, revenge, just rewards, trees, ships, blobs, cemetaries. Enough variety that you can select a story that is just scarey enough - but not too scary. Only a couple of the tales fall at bit flat. All in all I recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously Creepy, March 16, 2010

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Jacqueline Atchison (LOUISVILLE, KY, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walking Trees (American Storytelling) (Paperback)

This wonderfully creepy collection of 25 terrible tales both delights with suspense and intrigues with mystery. Roberta Simpson Brown brings the paranormal into a folksy form using her time-tested skills as a master storyteller. Her style of spinning stories takes the reader straight into the action, and the spooky pen and ink illustrations provide an appropriate complement to the weird plot twists. I enjoyed reading Walking Trees and Other Scary Stories and I look forward to Roberta's next amazing book!

5.0 out of 5 stars The Walking Trees: and other scary stories, September 27, 2006

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walking Trees (American Storytelling) (Paperback)

Explore the world of fear and excitement with master story teller Roberta Simpson Brown. If your school is unfortunate enough not to be able to book her for a session "Walking Trees: and Other Scary Stories" is a special volume to share with children 8 to whatever for a great shiver. Children of all ages love to be read to. Who knows what maybe lerking beyond the edge of darkness?
Nash Black, author of "Qualifying Laps" and "Taxes, Stumbling Blocks & Pitfalls for Authors 2007."