As requested by some people, here are all the suggestions about ghost stories .
Thank you to everyone. I did find a good number of stories that the principal is happy with. A lot of us use Sharon Elswit's The Jewish Story Finder (ISBN: 0-7864-2192-4) to astound the rabbis and principals that ask if we know of stories: The Grateful Dead is told as The Grateful Dead - Howard Schwartz, Miriam's Tambourine The Grateful Dead - Ellen Frankel, The Classic Tales The Grateful Ghost - Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore The Thankful Ghost - Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever Ya'akov and the Fisherman - Pinchas Sadeh, Jewish Folktales The Ghostly Congregation is told as The Ghostly Congregation - Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever Another Ghostly Congregation - Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore Late Night Spooks - Beatrice Silverman Weinreich, Yiddish Folktales The Insulted Ghosts is told as The Insulted Ghosts - Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever No Privacy Anywhere - Nathan Ausubel, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore There's No Such Thing as Privacy! - Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore The Restless Ghost is told as The Restless Ghost - Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever The Restless Spirit - Josepha Sherman, A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore The Unquiet Grave - Beatrice Silverman Weinreich, Yiddish Folktales A Roomful of Ghosts (Howard Schwartz, Invisible Kingdom) A Plague of Ravens (HowardSchwartz, Miriam's Tambourine) The Dead Fiance is told as The Dead Fiance - Pinchas Sadeh, Jewish Folktales The Broken Betrothal - Ellen Frankel, The Classic Tales The Broken Betrothal - Peninnah Schram, Stories within Stories The Dead Fiance - Howard Schwartz, Lilith's Cave The Rabbi Who Became a Werewolf (Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush, The Wonder Child) The Werewolf and the King - Ellen Frankel, The Classic Tales The Spotted Pony - Eric Kimmel The Gilgul - Josepha Sherman , Rachel the Clever The Poet and His Servant - Josepha Sherman, Rachel the Clever Check out a title which I think is The Magic Menorah (illustrated stories). Also The Treasure (a picture book). The Shadow of a flying Bird-Mordecai Gerstein King Solomo Figures It Out - Sari Steinberg The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch- Arnold Lobel Hayyim's Ghost- Eric Kimmel Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins- Eric Kimmel There's a mediocre story by Eric Kimmel called Hayyim's Ghost. And a delightful one by Francine Prose called The Demon's Mistake. There are also dybuks and demons in many of I. B. Singer's stories. I am very fond of the stories in the book, The Day the Rabbi Disappeared. It is a Howard Schwartz collection, but it is written for children. I have told the stories. Hayyim's Ghost by Eric A. Kimmel, which isn't really a ghost story, comes to mind. There are several versions of the Golem, including a Caldecott winner by David Wisniewski, as well as books by Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Beverly Brodsky McDermott, all of which may be out of print by now. Speaking of the Dybbuk, how about Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven (Hardcover) by Francine Prose (Author), Mark H. Podwal (Illustrator)? And Elijah stories tend to be supernatural. How about them? I think Pitspopany (or its sister Devora) issued a volume of kids' ghost stories a few years ago.? Aileen Grossberg Lampert Library Congregation Shomrei Emunah Montclair, NJ 07042 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
