The Whispering Room: Haunted Poems

Ghosts, goblins, witches, scary pea soup fogs, bogeymen, mysterious night noises, sprites, spirits and more -- they're all here in this anthology of terrifically terrifying poems. Wonderfully weird and eerie illustrations add to the haunted mood cast by the book's more than 50 poems. Offering a mix of contemporary and classic verse, as well as traditional rhymes, the poets include Carl Sandburg, Ted Hughes, Emily Bronte, Stevie Smith, Alfred Tennyson, Walter de la Mare and William Shakespeare.