BRUCE COVILLE is the author of over 100 books for children and young adults, including the international bestseller My Teacher is an Alien, the Unicorn Chronicles series, and the much-beloved Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. His work has appeared in a dozen languages and won children's choice awards in a dozen states. Before becoming a full time writer Bruce was a teacher, a toymaker, a magazine editor, a gravedigger, and a cookware salesman. He is also the creator of Full Cast Audio, an audiobook company devoted to producing full cast, unabridged recordings of material for family listening and has produced over a hundred audiobooks, directing and/or acting in most of them. Bruce lives in Syracuse, New York, with his wife, illustrator and author Katherine Coville. Visit his website at www.brucecoville.com.
Gr 5-8-The nine short stories in this collection (Harcourt, 1994) by Bruce Coville involve a box given to a boy by an angel, a boy who may be a unicorn, an unseen monster stalking some children, a vampire telling a tale of the blood-drinking tradition, men who are werewolves, an obsessively neat family brownie and a not so neat girl, a headless ghost with a message, the American flag and standing up for one's beliefs, and the company of elves. Read by Coville and members of the Full Cast Family, each tale is preceded by atmospheric music that sets the mood and is delivered with quiet intensity and just the right amount of suspense and trepidation. These stories, ranging from humorous, wondrous, and poignant, to frightening and downright creepy, are sure to be a hit with listeners.-Mary Oluonye, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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