Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ! A shiver-inducing collection of short stories to read under the covers, from a breadth of American Indian nations. Dark figures in the night. An owl's cry on the wind. Monsters watching from the edge of the wood. Some of the creatures in these pages might only have a message for you, but some are the stuff of nightmares. These thirty-two short stories -- from tales passed down for generations to accounts that could have happened yesterday -- are collected from the thriving tradition of ghost stories in American Indian cultures across North America. Prepare for stories of witches and walking dolls, hungry skeletons, La Llorona and Deer Woman, and other supernatural beings ready to chill you to the bone. Dan SaSuWeh Jones (Ponca Nation) tells of his own encounters and selects his favorite spooky, eerie, surprising, and spine-tingling stories, all paired with haunting art by Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva). So dim the lights (or maybe turn them all on) and pick up a story...if you dare. Gr 4 Up—A frightening ride via Native American storytelling. Jones (Ponca) explains that these 32 entries have been handed down from a variety of tribes and storytellers across Indigenous country. This collection is divided into five sections—ghosts, spirits, witches, monsters, and the supernatural. Illustrator Alvitre (Tongva) provides unsettling yet age-appropriate visuals to accompany the selections. While most collections of creepy stories feature fictional tales, this volume is composed of scary reads that come directly from cultural and historical accounts, including the author's own. Each tale is prefaced with a short introduction on how it was shared with permission from tribe members and omits anything that should not be shared among non-Native readers. However, Indigenous students who follow these cultural traditions might still find some of the content to be taboo. VERDICT Reminiscent of Robert San Souci's "Dare to Be Scared" books or the ever-popular Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, add to your library for a diverse cultural representation of scary stories.—Danielle Burbank, Farmington, NM Praise for Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories : BCCB Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award Oklahoma Book Award Winner: Young Adult Kirkus Reviews Best Middle-Grade Anthologies of 2021 New York Public Library's Best Books for Kids List selection * "Valuable both for its broad range and shivery appeal." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review * "As awesome as these stories are, what makes this book a real treasure is the context that Jones provides for each tale... It is an intimate and enriching reading experience that will be a boon to library shelves." -- Booklist , starred review "Full of alarming phenomena -- flying heads, skeletons that leave bloody footprints, flesh-eating vampire babies -- but the telling is done in such a way that we experience the stories as eerie anecdotes and folktales rather than as disturbers of our ease... With its intermittent chills, this collection will leave readers ages 8-12 with a strong sense of the supernatural as perceived and recalled in Native American communities." -- The Wall Street Journal "This crowd-pleasing anthology... [is] delivered without macabre flourish but packing a dramatic wallop." -- The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books "A frightening ride via Native American storytelling... add to your library for a diverse cultural representation of scary stories." -- School Library Journal "The narrators, Wes Studi and DeLanni Studi, both members of the Cherokee Nation... imbue their delivery with the appropriate amount of tension, suspense, and excitement, and their steady, well-paced voices will make listeners feel as if they are sitting around a fire with master storytellers... A great recommendation for young listeners who appreciate legends and myths and are looking for something that will send shivers up their spines." -- Booklist , audio review "Illustrated with pen-and-ink illustrations, the book has the distinction of added to the coterie of nightmares accessible to your children. They’ll love it... Spine-chilling and horrific by turns, here’s the book to hand to the kid looking for some scares and thrills." -- School Library Journal ’s A Fuse 8 Production Prasie for Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools " Stealing Little Moon is both a moving family saga and an expertly told true story that all Americans should know." -- Steve Sheinkin, New York Times bestselling author of Bomb and Undefeated ★ "A timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful memoir that powerfully illustrates the resilience and enduring spirit of the Native American people." -- Booklist , starred review ★ "Via urgent, intimate-feeling first-person prose, Jones, Little Moon’s grandson, chronicles the history of Chilocco from its opening in 1884 to its cl