Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses

by Tammy Hennigh Clausen and Becky Siegel Spratford

Book Overview

It's a dark and scary world. Pans are tabid. Blood, guts, and gore are the norm. Welcome to the horror genre. Horror classics have been scaring people for years. Nowadays, who doesn't know about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0838908713
• ISBN13: 9780838908716
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: American Library Association
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Informative and Clear-cut

These ladies are extremely knowledgable about their subject. This book is filled with all the info that any librarian could want. Filled with interesting little tidbits to help the most horror impared.

"Killer Tomatoes" doesn't do this resource justice.

This is a welcome edition to the ALA Readers' Advisory Series. Librarians look no further; you've found a great guide to modern horror novels, that won't take up a lot of space on your reference shelf. With a history of the genre, tips on the horror interview, over 300 annotations in eleven main horror sub-categories, other resources available, collection development and marketing tips, if you can't find something to interest your horror-seekers....