Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore

My daughter is 7yrs old and in second grade. She is supposed to read for 20 min each night which sometimes can be a struggle. After this book arrived she has not fought us on reading one single night. In fact is seems that she even reads better with this book since she is very interested in it. The level of reading is perfect for second grade and the little stories are 'spooky' and cute. My daughter loves this book. We also got 'In a Dark, Dark room and other scary stories' and both books are great, she loves both of them.

This is a delightful reader. There are seven stories/poems. My daughter's favorite was the Little Green Bottle. This is the story of the Kate, the school bully, and Joe, one of her victims. One day Kate went too far, she bullied Joe into giving her his bycicle. This time Joe told the teacher, and Kate got into trouble. True to bully form, she threatened Joe with the infamous "I'll get you." But Kate, died before she could fully carry out this threat. She returns as a ghost and she is determined to "get" Joe. This is a story of empowerment. Joe tricks Kate the ghost, and as you would expect from a first grade reader he wins in the end. My first grader loved this book. It's an age appropriate Halloween read.

GhostsAlvin SchwartzReading level: 1-3Your review: This is a good book! I would recommend it. It has really funny illustrations and really good ones too! It isn't a chapter book but it does have 7 funny but not scary stories about ghosts!

When my son read this book it was the first time ever that he read past his required 20 minutes and actually finished the book! He loved the scary tone, but not too scary for a child.