Kids' Reading: Three Little Ghosties

A playful, charming book that teaches what goes around comes around

ADDED May 30, 2009

Ordinarily, we'd try to review a book about ghosts around Halloween time.  But some kids (my boys, as it turns out) just love ghosts and monsters of all types.  What's more, this ghost- and monster-book is simply jam-packed with fun.  It's got some ghosts, some jokes, and even some subtle admonitions against bullying.   As if that weren't enough, it's both very accessible and extremely creative.

The story here involves -- as the title might suggest -- three little ghosties.  These guys are sitting around, boasting about how they've scared the neighbors.  Pippa Goodhart's choice of words is ingenious.  Check this out:

"Well," said Ghostie Number Two,
"I scared some mean witches,
sitting in dark ditches,
lipsticking their lipses,
plotting evil trickses.

I went clank, clank,
shiver, shake,
BOOO!"

After they're done with this kind of boasting, the ghosties fly off to scare a sleeping kid.  There are twists and turns (we don't want to give away the surprise ending), but suffice to say, the kid doesn't get one bit frightened and might just turn the tables on those frightful ghosties.

The Amazon review says this book is great for preschool-aged kids to second graders, and that's probably right.  This book is -- we promise -- not one bit scary.  It's just fun.  Click here to check it out!

Read with the kids this weekend.  Read aloud!  But please, don't go scaring people unless you want to get scared back yourself!

--S

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