Spookier Than a Ghost: A Harry & Emily Adventure (A Holiday House Reader, Level 2) (Holiday House Readers Level 2) - Softcover

Ruelle, Karen Gray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823418014 ISBN 13: 9780823418015

Publisher: Holiday House, 2003

Synopsis

Harry and his sister Emily are very much involved in the family's preparations for Halloween.

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About the Author

Karen Gray Ruelle's books for children include "75 Fun Things to Make and Do by Yourself", several board books, and many more Holiday House Readers. She lives in New York City.

From Booklist

Gr. 1-2. As the family prepares for Halloween, Harry deliberates about what to be and how to construct his costume. Little sister Emily plans to outdo her previous triumphs by making a costume "spookier than a ghost, more beautiful than a butterfly, and bigger than a tree." But on Halloween night, Emily wears a hodgepodge of wings, leaves and paper pumpkins, announces that her costume is dumb, and dissolves into tears. Harry reassures Emily, takes her trick-or-treating, and explains her mysterious costume on every doorstep. Although more contentious children may find Harry and Emily's relationship a bit idealized, one could also say that Ruelle concentrates on the best in children's natures: their high hopes, their love of holiday traditions, and their impulses toward kindness. There's something quite likable and purely childlike about these two kitten children in both the story and the naive ink-and-watercolor wash illustrations. Other volumes in the Holiday House Reader series about Harry and Emily include Snow Valentines (2000) and The Thanksgiving Beast Feast (1999). Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0823418014
• ISBN 13: 9780823418015
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32