Bibliograph

Frightlopedia, an encyclopedia of everything scary, creepy, and spine-chilling, from arachnids to zombies, by Julie Winterbottom, with contributions by Rachel Bozek ; illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

Type

Label

Frightlopedia, an encyclopedia of everything scary, creepy, and spine-chilling, from arachnids to zombies, by Julie Winterbottom, with contributions by Rachel Bozek ; illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frightlopedia

Oclc number

932577765

Responsibility statement

by Julie Winterbottom, with contributions by Rachel Bozek ; illustrated by Stefano Tambellini

Sub title

an encyclopedia of everything scary, creepy, and spine-chilling, from arachnids to zombies

Summary

"Discover Borneo<U+0019>s Gomantong Cave, where literally millions of bats, cockroaches, spiders, and rats coexist<U+0014>in pitch darkness. Learn about mythical creatures like the Mongolian Death Worm<U+0014>and scarily real ones like killer bees, which were accidentally created by scientists in the 1950s. Visit New Orleans<U+0019>s Beauregard-Keyes house, where Civil War soldiers are said to still clash in the front hall. Plus ghost stories from around the world, a cross-cultural study of vampires, and how to transform into a zombie with makeup. Each entry includes a (S2(BFright Meter(S3 (Bmeasurement from 1 to 3, because while being scared is fun, everyone has their limit"--Amazon website

Target audience

juvenile

Classification