Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780838908716)

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 Stephen King, Anne Rice, and Dean Koontz? Profiled in a special section, the Big Three have turned horror into best-sellers. For all the horror fans that haunt your library, this is the must-have guide. Readers' advisors and reference librarians will appreciate the key tools provided to expand upon this genre, including listings of top books, authors, and award winners within eleven horror subgenres - like mummies, biomedical, monsters, and splatterpunk. Clear descriptions of characteristics within subgenres are provided throughout. To further help you engage new renders, expert horror mavens Spratford and Clausen draw a savvy connection between film and horror as a potent reminder that the scariest movies have been adapted from novels. Their classic and contemporary recommendations like Rebecca, The Shining, and Rosemary's Baby reinforce activities between readers' advisors and library programming and open up the (cellar) door for further patron involvement. Readers' advisors and referen

Author: Becky Siegel Spratford, Tammy Hennigh Clausen
ISBN-10: 0838908713
ISBN-13: 9780838908716
Publisher: American Library Association
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.96w x 0.41d

Review Citation(s):
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2005 pg. 496
School Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 135
Kliatt 07/01/2004 pg. 36
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2004 pg. 252
Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 195