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Keywords

church, family, fear, feelings, ghosts, grandparents, night, parents, rescue, siblings, storytelling, superstition

Title

The ghost of skinny jack

Description

Grandma tells two children the story of skinny Jack, a farmhand that becomes a ghost. The children then journey home but it gets dark and the little girl thinks she is grabbed by skinny Jack. When her father comes and rescues her from the ghost, a hazlenut branch strikes her in her back.

Author

Lindgren, Astrid

Publisher

Viking Penguin, Inc.

Illustrator

ISBN

0-670-81913-1

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1986

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Keith E. Rhoodes, 1995

Citation

Lindgren, Astrid, “The ghost of skinny jack,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 30, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/8300.