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Cover of The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghost Stories

The Little Giant Book of "True" Ghost Stories

Arthur Myers & Margaret Rau & John Macklin

First published 2001
Publisher Scholastic
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Jim Sharpe
Pages 351
Price $
ISBN 0439339952

  • Part 1 is by Myers. Part 2 is by Rau. Part 3 is by Macklin
  • Only available through the school market.
  • Stories are culled from World's Most Bone-chilling "True" Ghost Stories by Sterling Publishing (1993), World's Best Lost Treasure Stories by C. B. Colby (1991), World's Most Terrifying "True" Ghost Stories by Arthur Myers (1995), and reprinted from World's Scariest "True" Ghost Stories by Margaret Rau (1994).
  • The authors are only credited on the stories, in the table of contents.
  • Profusly illustrated, with at least one illustration per story.
  • Contains a four page index.
  • This book is an odd 4¼ by 4¼ inche sized trade paperback.
  • First Scholastic printing, September 2001
  • Number line 12-5
  • WorldCat says there are 84 stories. And then lists 86 stories.

Page Title Author(s) Type
10 The Haunted Cleaning Lady Arthur Myers Short Fiction
14 A Very Bothersome Ghost Arthur Myers Short Fiction
17 A Wild and Crazy Lady Ghost Arthur Myers Short Fiction
21 Something Black and Cold Arthur Myers Short Fiction
26 The Haunted Museum Arthur Myers Short Fiction
29 A Very Firm Disbeliever Arthur Myers Short Fiction
32 The Tale of a Thief Arthur Myers Short Fiction
36 A Very Strange Telephone Call Arthur Myers Short Fiction
40 The Dog Who Was Scared to Death by a Ghost Arthur Myers Short Fiction
43 The Disembodied Arm Arthur Myers Short Fiction
46 The Pilot Who Saw a Dread Future Arthur Myers Short Fiction
50 A Call from Uncle Andy Arthur Myers Short Fiction
53 Help from a Ghost Arthur Myers Short Fiction
56 The Ghost of a Deformed Monk Arthur Myers Short Fiction
59 A Terrifying Visitor Arthur Myers Short Fiction
61 Monkeys in the Closet Arthur Myers Short Fiction
66 When Is a Ghost Not a Ghost? Arthur Myers Short Fiction
70 A Fatal Apparition Arthur Myers Short Fiction
73 Pebbles from Heaven Arthur Myers Short Fiction
76 The Ghost Who Hated Women Arthur Myers Short Fiction
80 A Dangerous Spirit Arthur Myers Short Fiction
83 A Very Scary Doll Arthur Myers Short Fiction
86 The Demonic Hairdresser Arthur Myers Short Fiction
90 The Lady and the Time Warp Arthur Myers Short Fiction
93 When Battles Replay Themselves Arthur Myers Short Fiction
95 A Hitchhiking Ghost Arthur Myers Short Fiction
97 The Hotel Clerk Who Won't Quit Arthur Myers Short Fiction
100 A Sight Not on the Program Arthur Myers Short Fiction
104 The Ghost Who Came Back for Justice Arthur Myers Short Fiction
107 The Silent Witness Arthur Myers Short Fiction
110 The Party Stopper Arthur Myers Short Fiction
113 The Waltz of Death Arthur Myers Short Fiction
118 The Boy with the Brass Buttons Margaret Rau Short Fiction
122 The Cursed Weed Patch Margaret Rau Short Fiction
125 Ghost with the Bloodstained Hands Margaret Rau Short Fiction
128 The Most Honored Ghost Margaret Rau Short Fiction
134 Burned Up Margaret Rau Short Fiction
137 The Runaway Locomotive Margaret Rau Short Fiction
141 The Phantom Biplane Margaret Rau Short Fiction
145 Jinxed Ship Margaret Rau Short Fiction
150 The Power at Nagoon Park Margaret Rau Short Fiction
154 The Portrait Margaret Rau Short Fiction
157 Haunted Ferreby House Margaret Rau Short Fiction
161 Madness in the Museum Margaret Rau Short Fiction
166 Mothman Margaret Rau Short Fiction
171 The Ghosts of Creek Road Margaret Rau Short Fiction
175 The Black Horse of Sutton Margaret Rau Short Fiction
179 Great Ball of Fire Margaret Rau Short Fiction
183 The Expanding Dog Margaret Rau Short Fiction
188 The Man in the Bowler Hat Margaret Rau Short Fiction
192 The Girl from Leigh Park Margaret Rau Short Fiction
195 The Stuffed Dog Margaret Rau Short Fiction
199 Where Is My Daughter? Margaret Rau Short Fiction
204 The Evil in Room 310 Margaret Rau Short Fiction
208 Gas Brackets Margaret Rau Short Fiction
211 Vicious Knots Margaret Rau Short Fiction
215 Evil Hands Margaret Rau Short Fiction
220 A Call for Help Margaret Rau Short Fiction
224 Footsteps Margaret Rau Short Fiction
227 Dreamtime Visitor Margaret Rau Short Fiction
231 The Fourth Presence Margaret Rau Short Fiction
238 When Death Comes on Swift Wings John Macklin Short Fiction
243 The Witch Doctor of Pulo Jehat John Macklin Short Fiction
248 Curse of the Old Ones John Macklin Short Fiction
253 The Curse of the Witches of Skye John Macklin Short Fiction
258 Death in a Dark Mirror John Macklin Short Fiction
263 Spook House John Macklin Short Fiction
270 A Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse John Macklin Short Fiction
275 Killer Sound Waves from the Sky John Macklin Short Fiction
279 Did Michael Norton Fall Through a Hole in Time? John Macklin Short Fiction
283 Death Watch John Macklin Short Fiction
288 The Dark Evil That Haunts Walsingham House John Macklin Short Fiction
292 Room of Sighs John Macklin Short Fiction
297 Killer Tree of the Cameroons John Macklin Short Fiction
304 The Hunter and the Hunted John Macklin Short Fiction
308 The Riddle of the Seabird John Macklin Short Fiction
311 The Man Who Projected Himself John Macklin Short Fiction
318 Portrait of a Ghost John Macklin Short Fiction
322 The Corpse That Walked Away to Die Again John Macklin Short Fiction
326 Herne the Hunter John Macklin Short Fiction
330 The Sacred Cat John Macklin Short Fiction
333 Demon Tree John Macklin Short Fiction
338 Partying with the Ouija Board John Macklin Short Fiction
344 You Will Die at Midnight John Macklin Short Fiction