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A banquet for hungry ghosts : a collection of deliciously frightening tales / Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrated by Coleman Polhemus. |
| Authors: | Compestine, Ying Chang. |
| Call number: | jFIC COM |
| Publisher: | New York : Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2009. |
| Publication date: | 2009. |
| Subject: |
Ghost stories, American.
Ghost stories Cooking, Chinese -- Fiction. Families -- China -- Fiction. Short stories. Juvenile literature. China -- Fiction. |
| Title: | A banquet for hungry ghosts : a collection of deliciously frightening tales / Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrated by Coleman Polhemus. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | xi, 180 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents note: | Appetizers. Steamed dumplings ; Tea eggs -- Main courses. Beef stew ; Warm tofu with chili-garlic sauce ; Long-life noodles ; Egg stir-fried rice -- Dessert. Jasmine almond cookies ; Eight-treasure rice pudding. |
| Summary note: | Presents and eight-course banquet of ghost stories centering around Chinese cooking and culture. Each story is followed by a recipe and historical notes. |
| Added author: | Polhemus, Coleman, ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780805082081 0805082085 |
| LCCN: | 2008050273 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1220493 |
| Bib No.: | 1220493 |
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| Location | Collection | Call No. | Status |
| Central Library | Fiction, Children's - Non-Floating | jFIC COM | Checked In |
| Fountain Square Library | Fiction, Children's | jFIC COM | Checked In |
| Glendale Library | Fiction, Children's | jFIC COM | Checked In |
| Haughville Library | Fiction, Children's | jFIC COM | Checked In |