When I was a child in the 1960s I took this book out of the library several times and it seemed to cast a spell over me. The illustrations were creepy and marvelously done, and it ran chills up my spines just to look at the pictures. This was the first book in the Random House Hitchcock "juvenile" anthology collection--I put the "juvenile" in quotes because the majority of the stories in this collection weren't written for...
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"Good Evening", as Alfred Hitchcock always said. This book is one of the master of suspenses' greatest works. These eleven stories are the kind that will make it hard to put the book down, once you've picked it up, and are excitingly ghostly. The stories you are about to read in this book are just the thing to keep kids and adults alike, in suspense. The simple illustrations that go with the stories lead kids to use their...
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I first discovered the Alfred Hitchcock anthologies when I was in about fourth grade. Recently I found _Ghostly Galleries_ and _Haunted Houseful_ in a bookstore, and snapped them up for my kids to read when they get older. Of course, I had to read them again for the sake of nostalgia, and I found that I still enjoyed the stories as much as when I was 10. The collections feature some of the greatest names in fiction writing...
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Could a heavy looking man actually be lighter than air? Stories like these and more can be located in Alfred Hitchcock's "Ghostly Gallery".Alfred Hitchcock is the mastermind behind these spooky stories including:"The Waxman", "The Haunted Trailer" and "In The Jungle"."What should I do about my lightness" said the George Healy is a quote from my favorite story "Heavy Man Healy".Have you ever done something you've regretted?...
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No matter how full our TBR shelves get, we still love browsing (and buying!) new books! Here are nineteen exciting March releases available for preorder, along with suggestions for similar reads you can enjoy right away.