Frightlopedia: An Encyclopedia of Everything Scary, Creepy, and Spine-Chilling, from Arachnids to Zombies - Softcover

Winterbottom, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761183795 ISBN 13: 9780761183792

Publisher: Workman Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

It's one-stop shopping for everything scary: a survey of over 50 of the world's most gruesome places, creatures, and scary stories, organised like an encyclopedia - from "arachnids" to "Zombies" and written just for kids. It blends nonfiction (How do you say "boo" in other languages? Can a person actually be scared to death?) with fiction (stories of creepy monsters from around the world), and hands-on activities (from applying zombie makeup to creating your own ghost stories). Take a tour of Borneo's Gomantong Cave where bats, cockroaches, spiders, and rats live together in the millions among the pitch black. Or enter into the Beauregard-Keyes House in New Orleans where Civil War soldiers still do battle in the front hall. Discover the origins of mythical horrors straight out of your nightmares like the Mongolian Death Worm and The Bell Witch, as well as creatures we only wish were fiction like killer bees, the deadly insects created by scientists in a failed lab experiment in 1950. Identify plants like the Machineel of Southern Florida and Central America, a tropical tree covered in succulent looking fruit full of deadly, mouth burning, throat swelling poison. Read and share ghost stories from around the globe that will make you and your friends jump. Plus DIY activities: Create your own haunting; brew up a batch of fake blood; hold you own seance.

About this title

Review:

"At last! A single-volume, go-to compilation of 'everything scary under the sun and--the full moon.' A prime source of thrills and chills." -- Booklist

"Facts, myths, and activity ideas (how to make fake blood!) bubble and pop in this lively, illustrated guide that even teaches readers how to say 'Boo!' in 15 languages." -- Shelf Awareness

"A perfect trifecta of imaginative, educational, and comedy gold." -- Geek Dad

About the Author:

Julie Winterbottom is the author of Pranklopedia and the former editor in chief of Nickelodeon Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. When she is not dreaming up ways to scare kids or make them laugh (or both), she plays Cajun accordion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0761183795
• ISBN 13: 9780761183792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224