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HAUNTED HOUSES:
Are You Scared Yet?
Illustrated by Kelly Murphy & Antoine J. D. Revoy

Recently Published

DARE TO BE SCARED 4 :
Thirteen More Tales of Terror
Illustrations by: David Ouimet
Cricket Books / Carus Publishing,
2009
[Ages 8-14] hardcover

THE AUGUST HOUSE BOOK OF SCARY STORIES:
Spooky Tales for Telling OUt Loud Edited by Liz Parkhurst
Illustrations by: David Ouimet
August House, 2009
[Ages 5-8] hardcover


If you're interested in learning more about me and my brother Daniel (the illustrator), be sure to check out the following Clubhouse Books series, written and illustrated by Dan.

(The following titles are listed in alphabetical order)

Audiocassettes of Short & Shivery, More Short & Shivery, Even More Short & Shivery, Young Merlin, Young Guinevere, Young Lancelot and Young Arthur (complete texts of each book), are available from Recorded Books: 1-800-638-1304 (which rents as well as sells materials).

AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT:
From the Brothers Grimm
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
August House, 2008
[Ages 4-8] hardcover

THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR:
Retold from the Brothers Grimm

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1994
[AGES 4-8] paperback

BRAVE MARGARET:
An Irish Adventure

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999
[ages 5-10] hardcover/paperback

THE BOY AND THE GHOST:
A Folktale from the American South

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Simon & Schuster, 1989
[AGES 4-8] hardcover /paperback

CINDERELLA SKELETON:
A Fractured Fairy Tale in Rhyme

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by David Catrow
Harcourt Brace / Silver Whistle Books, 2000
[AGES 5-10] hardcover

CENDRILLION:
A Caribbean Cinderella

by Robert D. San Souci
illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998
[ages 5-10] hardcover/paperback

CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH:
American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Philomel Books/Putnam, 1993
[AGES 8 up] hardcover /paperback

DARE TO BE SCARED
Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill

By Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated By David Ouimet
Cricket Books / Carus Publishing
[ages 8 - 12]

DOUBLE-DARE TO BE SCARED
Another Thirteen Chilling Tales

By Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated By David Ouimet
Cricket Books / Carus Publishing

EVEN MORE SHORT & SHIVERY:
Thirty Spine-Tingling Tales

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers
Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1997
[ages 8-12] hardcover/paperback

FA MULAN:
The Story of a Woman Warrior

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Jean & Mou-Sien Tseng
Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2007
[ages 5-9] paperback

THE FAITHFUL FRIEND:
A Story from the Caribbean

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1995
[AGES 5-10] hardcover/paperback

FEATHERTOP
Based on the Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Boyds Mill Press, 2006
[7 and up] paperback

THE HIRED HAND:
An African American Folktale
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Puffin/Penguin Putnam, 2005
[all ages] paperback

KATE SHELLEY:
Bound for Legend

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Max Ginsburg
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1995
[Ages 5-10] hardcover

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW:
Retold from Washington Irving

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Bantam Doubleday Dell. 1991
[AGES 4-8] paperback

LITTLE GOLD STAR:
A Spanish American Cinderella Story

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Sergio Martinez
HarperCollins Children's Books, 2000
[AGES 5-UP] hardcover

LITTLE PERRE
A Cajun Story from Louisiana

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by David Catrow
Harcourt / Silver Whistle Books, 2003
[Ages 5-8] hardcover

MORE SHORT & SHIVERY:
Thirty More Terrifying Tales from Wold Folk Literature

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Katherine Coville & Jacqueline Rogers
Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1994
[AGES 10-14] hardcover/paperback

N.C. WYETH'S PILGRIMS
(with N.C. Wyeth illustrations from a series painted 1941-1945)
by Robert D. San Souci
Chronicle Books for Young Readers, 1991
[AGES 6-10] paperback

LOS PEREGRINOS DE N.C. WYETH
(Spanish language edition of N.C. Wyeth's Pilgrims)

by Robert D. San Souci
1992 hardcover
Available from Lectorum Publications, Inc.
137 West 14th Street - New York, NY 10011

THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Retold from the Classic Tale by Kenneth Grahame
by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by John Segal
Orchard / Scholastic Books, 2004
[All ages] hardcover

THE SECRET OF THE STONES:
An African American Folktale

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by James Ransome
Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2000
[AGES 4-8] hardcover

SHORT & SHIVERY:
Thirty Ghostly Stories Retold from World Folk Literature

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Katherine Coville
Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1987
[AGES 10-14} hardcover /paperback

SISTER TRICKSTERS:
Rollicking Tales Of Clever Females
by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
August House, 2006
[AGES 8-12], hardcover

SIX FOOLISH FISHERMEN:
A Cajun Story from Louisiana

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Doug Kennedy
Hyperion Books for Children, 2000
[AGES 5-8] hardcover

SOOTFACE:
An Ojibwa Cinderella Story

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Dragonfly Books / Random House Children's Books , 1994
[AGES 4-8] paperback

SUKEY AND THE MERMAID:
An African American Folktale

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992
[AGES 6-10] hardcover/paperback

THE TALKING EGGS:
Adapted from a Louisiana Creole Folktale

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989
[AGES 5-10] hardcover

LOS HUEVOS HABLANTES:
Cuento Popular del Sur de los Estados Unidos

[Spanish language edition of The Talking Eggs]
by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Dial Books for Young Readers/Penguin Ediciones
[AGES 5-10] hardcover
ORDER FROM DIAL.

A videocassette of The Talking Eggs (21 minutes/color/available in both English and Spanish language versions), as well as a filmstrip, filmstrip cassette, and listening/read-along materials, is available from American School Publishers (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Company): 1-800-843-8855.
FAX: (312)984-7935

A TERRIFYING TASTE OF SHORT & SHIVERY:
Thirty Creepy Tales

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Lenny Wooden
Delacorte Press, 1998
[ages 8-12] hardcover

THE TWINS AND THE BIRD OF DARKNESS:
A Hero Tale from the Caribbean
by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Terry Widener
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
[ages 5-10]

TRIPLE-DARE TO BE SCARED
Thirteen Further FreakyTales

By Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated By David Ouimet
Cricket Books / Carus Publishing
[ages: 9 - 13]

TWO BEAR CUBS:
A Miwok Legend form California's Yosemite Valley

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Daniel San Souci
Yosemite Association, 1997
[ages 4-9] hardcover

A WEAVE OF WORDS:
An Armenian Tale Retold

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Raúl Colón
Orchard Books, 1998
[ages 5-8] hardcover

THE WELL AT THE END OF THE WORLD
By Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Rebecca Walsh
Chronicle Books
[Ages 5-8]

THE WHITE CAT:
A French Fairytale Retold
by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Gennady Spirin
Orchard Books, 1990
[AGES 5-10} paperback

ZIGZAG:
The Story of a Doll Who Found Happiness

by Robert D. San Souci
Illustrated by Stefan Czernecki
August House, 2005
[Ages 3-7] hardcover