An ancient ghost tries to frighten a new family away from his castle A scientists potion reveals old secrets And a street magician has one last trick up his sleeve Read these spooky but not too scary illustrated storiesand then act them out yours This beautifully illustrated Companion Reader is an exact transcript of Jim Weisss awardwinning storytelling performance of three classic tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne Rudyard Kipling and Oscar WildeThe Reader can be enjoyed on its own or used along with the recorded performance to build strong language skills Listen to the Jim Weiss stories read along to improve fluency vocabulary and grammar and then speak great words and sentences out loud by practicing and performing the short accessible dramatic versions of Jims performances