The Ghost of the Trenches and other stories

by Watts, Helen; Thomas, Taffy

• ISBN13: 9781472907875
• ISBN10: 1472907876
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2014-09-30
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Summary

As the Great War raged, and in its aftermath, people created hundreds of legends and stories round it, to speak of the sadness, the heroism, the deaths. Author Helen Watts and storyteller Taffy Thomas bring together this compelling, moving collection of ghost stories and mysteries from both sides of the conflict, from the haunted U-boat to the ghost of the trenches.

Author Biography

Helen Watts is a writer, editor and publisher. She has written a selection of short stories, non-fiction texts and poems for children and a wide range of teachers' resources. She is married with two children and lives on a hill near Stratford upon Avon, where she enjoys walking her golden retriever.

Taffy Thomas has a repertoire of more than 300 stories, collected mainly from traditional oral sources, which he is happy to tell in almost any situation. He is now the most experienced English storyteller, having performed in many countries on four continents.