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    Prepare to Scare: How to tell scary stories
    Prepare to Scare: How to tell scary stories
    Prepare to Scare: How to tell scary stories
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    Prepare to Scare: How to tell scary stories

    By Elizabeth Ellis

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    Prepare to Scareis a handbook edited by Circle of Excellence storyteller, Elizabeth Ellis, with contributions by the A-list of scary story writers and tellers on the American Storytelling Festival Circuit. It is a handbook for adults who tell stories to children or other adults in a variety of settings: storytelling events, schools, aftercare programs, camps, and homes.
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc
    Release dateSep 1, 2021
    ISBN9781624911606
    Prepare to Scare: How to tell scary stories
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    Elizabeth Ellis

    Elizabeth Ellis is a writer and director of a community Arts and Heritage Centre in North Hertfordshire. She runs writing workshops and a drama group, has co-written several scripts and edited two anthologies. The Boatman’s Journey is her third novel.

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