A Foot in the Grave

by Joan Aiken

Book Overview

A collection of eerie tales illustrated with black-and-white images conjures up truly believable ghosts and lets them loose in modern settings with frightening results. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670841692
• ISBN13: 9780670841691
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Another great short story collection by Joan Aiken!

I think that adults as well as older children will enjoy these stories. (Well, I know I did!) And a great collection it is too, with some of the tales being very creepy, some humourous, and a couple a bit wistful and sad. The really interesting thing about this book is that the illustrations (very well done and mysterious in themselves) were painted first, with the stories written afterwards to fit the images. A word of warning--if you've ever felt guilty about treating a younger sibling badly when you were a child, DON'T read the last story!