The Cabinet of Curiosities by Stefan Bachmann

Fans of the Gothic nature of fiction will love this compilation of stories.

My review: An interesting and dark collection. Great for reading alone or reading aloud at camp or school The book features an introduction and commentary by the authors and black-and-white illustrations throughout. You will find an introduction and commentary by all the curators and the whole book is filled with illustrations and decorations. Read The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister by Trevayne, Emma & Catmull, Katherine & Bachmann, Stefan & Legrand, Claire, lexile & reading. The Cabinet of Curiosities is perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and anyone who relishes a good creepy tale. What this book is about: The cabinet of curiosities is a collection of eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories presented by the cabinet’s esteemed Curators. And truth be told, not for the faint of heart either!! Scary stories Title: The cabinet of curiosities: 36 tales of brief and sinister Author: Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne Genre: Fiction – short stories Publication details: Greenwillow Books, 2014 ISBN: 9780062313157 It’s not just about one story, this delightful book I found is a compilation of short stories, all set to the tune of horror. If you liked the last two weeks’ posts then you might enjoy this week’s one. Ages 8 12.Hi everyone, I hope you all are enjoying this little journey through the dark and twisted side of tween fiction reads. Readers who enjoy their Halloween chills all year round will find this anthology a delight. Published: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2014. Many of these are moral tales in which nasty children or adults die horribly others, though, feature perfectly nice people who meet similarly gruesome ends. The cabinet of curiosities: 36 tales brief & sinister (Book) Author: Bachmann, Stefan, 1993- Contributors: Catmull, Katherine, author. Among the many delicious tales are Bachmann's 'Johnny Knockers,' which concerns the fate of a whaling ship after its crew discovers a small boy inside a whale Legrand's 'Mirror, Mirror,' which tells of a nasty preteen who looks into a mirror and finds more than she bargained for Trevayne's 'The Circus,' the story of a traveling circus's horrifyingly bad luck and Catmull's 'Dark Valentine,' which illustrates why you don't want your dead girlfriend contacting you by cellphone. The conceit is that the authors are curators of the eponymous cabinet, a magical museum that houses the often-dangerous souvenirs and stories they bring back from their Indiana Jones like adventures. This collection of 36 short dark fantasies from Bachmann, Catmull, Legrand, and Trevayne aspires to sit on the same shelf as Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and succeeds admirably.

The Cabinet of Curiosities by Stefan Bachmann