Don't Enter the House!

bVeronika Martenova Charles/bis an award-winning author and illustrator whose books include:bMaiden of the Mist: A Legend of Niagara Falls/b;bStretch, Swallow, & Stare/b;bThe Crane Girl/b; andbThe Birdman/b, a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration. Her first five books in thebEasy-To-Read Spooky Tales/bseries was published by Tundra Books in 2007. Veronika has studied at Ryerson University, the Ontario College of Art and Design, and recently completed her graduate studies in Folklore at York University. Veronika Martenova Charles lives in Toronto.brbrbDavid Parkins/bis the award-winning illustrator of over fifty children's books. He began his career at Dyfed College of Art in Wales, studying wildlife illustration. He then went to Lincoln College of Art for three years, and has been a freelance illustrator since his graduation in 1979. He spent several years at the beginning of his career producing illustrations for educational publishers, and has earned most of his keep drawing for the British children's comic,bThe Beano/b. David Parkins now lives in Lansdowne, Ontario, with his wife and daughter.Three friends frighten each other with tales of haunted beach houses, sinister cats, and witches in this trio of cautionary stories from Japan and the United States. Beginning readers come away with a satisfying experience and the benefit of good advice!bPraise for the series:br/b". . . these page-turning stories . . . pack a punch in this concise format." -iBayViews/i, Association of Children's Librarians of Northern Californiabrbr"Toronto author Veronika Martenova Charles spins some edge-of-your-seat reading . . ." -iThe Record/i(Kitchener, ON)