Bordeaux branch is closed through March 30 for renovations. Get details.

The drive-up book return at Southeast branch is temporarily closed. Please bring items inside or return to any other NPL location during this time.

Edward Gorey

Sort by

3) Dracula

Author

Stoker, Bram

Language

English

Appears on these lists

Classics
Horror Classics
Thriller & Horror Fiction

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway

Description

Read Description

Overview: The punctured throat, the coffin lid slowly opening, the unholy shriek as the stake pierces the heart-these are just a few of the chilling images Bram Stoker unleashed upon the world with his 1897 masterpiece, Dracula. Inspired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead, Stoker created a timeless tale of gothic horror and romance that has enthralled and terrified readers ever since. A true masterwork of storytelling, Dracula has transcended...

4) The house with a clock in its walls

Author

Bellairs, John

Language

English

Appears on list

Scary Stories for Kids

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

Read Description

A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday.

5) Old Possum's book of practical cats

Author

Eliot, T. S

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Read Description

T. S. Eliot's playful cat poems were originally composed for his godchildren, with Eliot posing as Old Possum himself, and later inspired the legendary musical "Cats." Now with vibrant illustrations by the award-winning Axel Scheffler.

6) The shrinking of Treehorn

Author

Heide, Florence Parry

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Read Description

A boy discovers he is shrinking but does not know the cause or cure.

7) From Ted to Tom: the illustrated envelopes of Edward Gorey

Author

Gorey, Edward

Language

English

8) The twelve terrors of Christmas

Author

Updike, John

Language

English

9) Amphigorey too

Author

Gorey, Edward

Language

English

10) Haunted looking glass: ghost stories

Language

English

11) You read to me, I'll read to you

Author

Ciardi, John

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Contains poetry for parents to read to their children and simpler poems for children to read to their parents.

12) Edward Gorey: his book cover art & design

Author

Heller, Steven

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Examines dozens of examples of the book art of Edward Gorey, who initially illustrated paperback covers and dust jackets for the likes of Joseph Conrad, Henry James and Charles Dickens, establishing a pen-and-ink hand-lettered style that would challenge prevailing American publishing standards and help define his publisher's visual identity. His prodigious output of hundreds of jackets and covers evidenced his flair for design and his ability to...

13) Rumpelstiltskin: a tale told long ago by the Brothers Grimm

Author

Tarcov, Edith

Language

English

Description

Read Description

A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.

14) The Gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing

Author

Gorey, Edward

Language

English

Description

Read Description

Drawings show an alphabet of young victims and how they died. A new, small-format edition of one of Gorey's "dark masterpieces of surreal morality"(Vanity Fair) - a witty, disquieting journey through the alphabet. -- Provided by the publisher.