A Pair of Ghostly Hands and Other Stories - Bookworms 3
You are alone in the house, ad you know you turned the tap off. What do you do then?The ghosts in these stories all have unfinished business with the living world. They come back from the grave to continue their work, to keep a promise
Combining carefully researched information with illustrations and documentary photographs, this collection of true stories tells of hauntings in all their forms from ghoulish happenings in churchyards to ghostly goings-on in everyday situations.
Drawing together literature, media, and philosophy, Ghostly Apparitions provides a new model for media archaeology. Stefan Andriopoulos examines the relationships between new media technologies and distinct cultural realms, tracing connections between Kant's philosophy and the magic lantern's phantasmagoria, the Gothic novel and print culture, and spiritualist research and the invention of television.
Strange things happen to Lucy and Paul when they go on a school trip to Greenland. A ghostly Viking ship appears in a mirage and the two teenagers soon find themselves confronting the ghosts of Eric the Red and his daughter, Freydis. Are they imagining it, or are the ghosts real? What must the teenagers do to help the ghostly Vikings find eternal rest?
This must-have idea book is crammed with lots of quick and easy teaching “tricks” and “treats” that will really work for you! Build skills in math, reading, writing, and more with activities like Monster Math, Spider Word Webs, Spooky Story Bags, and Ghostly Graphs. Plus: poetry, mini-books, games, graphic organizers, literature links and more!