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|reviewer=Magda Healey
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=A great primer of ghost stories for older children and younger teens in a handsome edition, great illustrations and a good mix of new tales and retold classics. Ideal for a Halloween read or any fireside evening: and they'll be to scared to go upstairs alone.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|format=Hardback
|pages=96
|publisher=Hodder Children's Books
|date=18 Oct 2007
|isbn=978-0340893272
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340893273</amazonuk>
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Chris Mould is a popular writer of teen and children's spooky fiction and in this recently re-issued anthology of short stories called ''Dust and Bones'' he has created a perfect primer for the whole genre.

The book contains ten ghost short stories, a mixture of retold classics and Mould's own tales varying in length and in scariness. We have "The Bagman's Story" taken from the ''Pickwick Papers'' with its Dickensian cosy good-heartedness, a pirate-treasure thrill of "Aboard the Armadillo" and perhaps the most clasically ghostly story of walking effigies by Edith Nesbit "Man-Size in Marble" as well as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that has only a pretend ghost and Poe's chiling account of madness "The Tell-Tale Heart". The shortest and to me, undoubtedly the scariest is "The Bedtime Tale", barely two pages of sheer horror.

Altogether, it's a very good selection, and the generously laid-out hardback edition does justice to Mould's rich, confident, dynamic artwork that mixes cartoonish humour with a bit of spooky horror.

The age that ''Dust and Bones'' is suitable for depends entirely on your child's susceptibility to being scared by, well, scary stuff. Most 6-7 year olds would be able to understand most of the tales (apart from the Poe one, whose distinct whiff of insanity was more disturbing to this adult reader than the sulphur and mustiness of the others), but it would take a rather resilient or unimaginative 6 year old not to be disturbed. I would say, 8-10 years old onwards, and probably, on average, more for boys than girls. As the stories are short and illustrations plentiful, but the subject matter and style not particularly childish, it could be a great book for a reluctant reader.

Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.

Those ready for full-length ghost story might like [[Ghost Chamber]] while the [[Demonata]] series will satisfy the young fans of camp(ish) blood and gore.

{{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Children Who Love To Be Scared Silly}}

{{toptentext|list=Top Ten Retellings of Myths, Legends and Fairy Tales}}

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 The age that ''Dust and Bones'' is suitable for depends entirely on your child's susceptibility to being scared by, well, scary stuff. Most 6-7-year-olds would be able to understand most of the tales (apart from the Poe one, whose distinct whiff of insanity was more disturbing to this adult reader than the sulphur and mustiness of the others), but it would take a rather resilient or unimaginative 6-year-old not to be disturbed. I would say, 8-10 years old onwards, and probably, on average, more for boys than girls. As the stories are short and illustrations plentiful, but the subject matter and style not particularly childish, it could be a great book for a reluctant reader.
-Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.  We also have a review of [[Fangs 'n' Fire by Chris Mould]].
+Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.  We also have a review of [[Fangs 'n' Fire by Chris Mould]] and Chris also illustrated [[The Cosmic Atlas of Alfie Fleet by Martin Howard and Chris Mould|The Cosmic Atlas of Alfie Fleet by Martin Howard]].
 Those ready for full-length ghost story might like [[Ghost Chamber]] while the [[Demonata]] series will satisfy the young fans of camp(ish) blood and gore.  You might also appreciate [[The Ghosts Who Danced and other spooky stories by Saviour Pirotta and Paul Hess]].
 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Children Who Love To Be Scared Silly}}

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 Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.  We also have a review of [[Fangs 'n' Fire by Chris Mould]].
-Those ready for full-length ghost story might like [[Ghost Chamber]] while the [[Demonata]] series will satisfy the young fans of camp(ish) blood and gore.
+Those ready for full-length ghost story might like [[Ghost Chamber]] while the [[Demonata]] series will satisfy the young fans of camp(ish) blood and gore.  You might also appreciate [[The Ghosts Who Danced and other spooky stories by Saviour Pirotta and Paul Hess]].
 {{toptentext|list=Top Ten Books For Children Who Love To Be Scared Silly}}

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 Chris Mould is a popular writer of teen and children's spooky fiction and in this recently re-issued anthology of short stories called ''Dust and Bones'' he has created a perfect primer for the whole genre.
-The book contains ten ghost short stories, a mixture of retold classics and Mould's own tales varying in length and in scariness. We have "The Bagman's Story" taken from the ''Pickwick Papers'' with its Dickensian cosy good-heartedness, a pirate-treasure thrill of "Aboard the Armadillo" and perhaps the most clasically ghostly story of walking effigies by Edith Nesbit "Man-Size in Marble" as well as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that has only a pretend ghost and Poe's chiling account of madness "The Tell-Tale Heart". The shortest and to me, undoubtedly the scariest is "The Bedtime Tale", barely two pages of sheer horror.
+The book contains ten ghost short stories, a mixture of retold classics and Mould's own tales varying in length and in scariness. We have "The Bagman's Story" taken from the ''Pickwick Papers'' with its Dickensian cosy good-heartedness, a pirate-treasure thrill of "Aboard the Armadillo" and perhaps the most classically ghostly story of walking effigies by Edith Nesbit "Man-Size in Marble" as well as "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" that has only a pretend ghost and Poe's chilling account of madness "The Tell-Tale Heart". The shortest and to me, undoubtedly the scariest is "The Bedtime Tale", barely two pages of sheer horror.
 Altogether, it's a very good selection, and the generously laid-out hardback edition does justice to Mould's rich, confident, dynamic artwork that mixes cartoonish humour with a bit of spooky horror.
-The age that ''Dust and Bones'' is suitable for depends entirely on your child's susceptibility to being scared by, well, scary stuff. Most 6-7 year olds would be able to understand most of the tales (apart from the Poe one, whose distinct whiff of insanity was more disturbing to this adult reader than the sulphur and mustiness of the others), but it would take a rather resilient or unimaginative 6 year old not to be disturbed. I would say, 8-10 years old onwards, and probably, on average, more for boys than girls. As the stories are short and illustrations plentiful, but the subject matter and style not particularly childish, it could be a great book for a reluctant reader.
+The age that ''Dust and Bones'' is suitable for depends entirely on your child's susceptibility to being scared by, well, scary stuff. Most 6-7-year-olds would be able to understand most of the tales (apart from the Poe one, whose distinct whiff of insanity was more disturbing to this adult reader than the sulphur and mustiness of the others), but it would take a rather resilient or unimaginative 6-year-old not to be disturbed. I would say, 8-10 years old onwards, and probably, on average, more for boys than girls. As the stories are short and illustrations plentiful, but the subject matter and style not particularly childish, it could be a great book for a reluctant reader.
-Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.
+Thanks to the publishers for sending this shiver down the Bookbag's spine.  We also have a review of [[Fangs 'n' Fire by Chris Mould]].
 Those ready for full-length ghost story might like [[Ghost Chamber]] while the [[Demonata]] series will satisfy the young fans of camp(ish) blood and gore.

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 Chris Mould is a popular writer of teen and children's spooky fiction and in this recently re-issued anthology of short stories called ''Dust and Bones'' he has created a perfect primer for the whole genre.

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 |buy=Yes
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