'Scaring' children to learn about history
Joel Sutherland, while being a pleasant, not-so-scary man, loves to tell scary stories to children.
The librarian and author read excerpts from his award-winning book "Haunted Canada 5" at the Sault's Centennial Library to a group of 30 children and adults Saturday.
The book is a compilation of stories about eerie people, places and events, each centred in Canada.
"It's non-fiction (the book relays stories which some people insist are true)," Sutherland told SooToday.
"Some kids just love to be scared (through scary stories)," Sutherland said.
"I'll tell parents and teachers this, that the ghost stories are really history books in disguise as ghost books, because the covers are scary and that's how the books are sold, but the ghost stories are a hook to interest kids in Canadian history."
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