New Releases by Stephen Gammell

Les fantômes, ça n''existe pas ! Les araignées, c''est tout petit. Les psychopathes, même pas peur... Les sorcières, aucun pouvoir ! Ces histoires-là, vous n''y croyez pas ? Attendez donc qu''un ami vous les raconte, à la nuit tombée, ou de les lire seul, en tremblant sous la couette ! SI VOUS L''OSEZ ! Alvin Schwartz vous dira tout : esprits, revenants, épouvantails hantés et psychopathes en tout genre... Vos pires cauchemars vous attendent. Classique inoubliable de la littérature américaine, souvent mis à l''index, Scary Stories - Histoires effrayantes à raconter dans le noir revisite les légendes urbaines les plus terrifiantes, recueillies par Alvin Schwartz et illustrées par le redoutable Stephen Gammell. Adapté au cinéma par Guillermo del Toro « Schwartz a brillamment repris le folklore et les légendes urbaines pour les rendre accessibles aux jeunes lecteurs. C''est un coup de génie. » R. L. Stine (Chair de poule) « Ce livre vous fera claquer des dents et frémir d''effroi, c''est garanti. » School Library Journal « Lisez... si vous l''osez. » New York Times « À lire seul ou à haute voix, dans la pénombre. » Kirkus Reviews « Ce recueil d''histoires de sorcières, fantômes, chansons macabres, contes modernes et effrayantes légendes du passé fera courir des frissons le long de votre colonne vertébrale. » American Library Association Booklist

"Rain''s gone! Time to play!" commands the queen. Well, she''s not really a queen—just an ordinary girl who has an extraordinary day. She meets Mudkin, a friendly creature who whips up a robe and crown for her. Away they go to meet Her Majesty''s subjects. Even if the kingdom lasts only until the next rain shower, the crown Mudkin gives her is forever. In his unmistakable style, Caldecott-winning artist Stephen Gammell creates an ode to the most potent of childhood mixtures: mud and imagination.

Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena

A brother and sister continually argue during the family''s Sunday drive.

Having wandered into dangerous Weedland, Twigboy is saved by Ricwell, a rolling rock, and together the two set out ot get revenge.

Two ill-tempered artists try to hold a contest to see which of them is more talented.

La neige tombe à gros flocons. L''hiver est là. Mais qui se cache derrière tout ça ?

Though Old Man Winter starts off the day feeling grumpy, his mood improves when he is reminded of how special he really is.

MacDonald tries farming with exotic circus animals, but has better luck with his neighbor''s cow, horse, and chicken--or does he?

The adventures of a young boy hired to shepherd a boxcar of farm animals from Kentucky to Canada.

A hibernating bear wakes up on Christmas Eve and entertains a special visitor.

Excellente présentation. Illustrations au plomb remarquables.

Old Scudder, traveling through the West with his dog Pilgrim, can''t tell where he is until he draws a map and names the places on it.

Jack el trampero, traveling through the West with his dog, can''t tell where he is until he draws a map and names the places on it.

After their pickle-jar home breaks, Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar find a fortune, but soon trade it away until they are left with nothing.

MacDonald tries farming with exotic circus animals, but has better luck with his neighbor''s cow, horse, and chicken--or does he?

Returning to the summer home on Long Island Sound where her father had died the year before, a teenage girl tries to come to terms with the meeting of death and the necessity of letting the dead go and continuing with one''s own life.