Wrapped in Mystery
Sandra Nash
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Conklin, Groff, ed. Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1989.
A neat collection of famous Poe unabridged tales. Great for the students interested in "the first horror writer."
Eckerson, Olive. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Globe Book Company, 1967.
Contains most of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries This book has been adapted for children and is easy to read. Children get a sense of the classic without missing out on the reading.
Laycock, George. Strange Monsters & Great Searches. Connecticut: Xerox Education Publications, 1973.
True-life mysteries for students to learn about. The book has chapters on bigfoot, the lochness monster and Komodo dragons to name a few. Good book for the serious reader.
McKissack, Patricia C. The Dark-Thirty Southern Tales of the Supernatural. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1992.
This collection of short stories is great for read-a-louds. Many of the stories are about ghosts and stories passed on through oral tradition. Each story also contains a theme or moral.
Simon, Seymour. Strange Mysteries from Around The World, New York: Scholastic Inc., 1997.
This book has great pictures. Super for the nonfiction reader. Can also be used as a teacher resource for expository reading text.
Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown Keeps The Peace. New York: Penguin , 1969.
This series is a great read for the child detective. It comes in a series so students can pick from other favorites as well.