From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular cultur

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A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.

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A collection of scary urban legends and other modern-day horror tales preserved by oral tradition, including "Hook-arm," "The Call from the Downstairs Phone," a