How to Make Friends with a Ghost

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Hardcover
$18.99 US
9.31"W x 9.31"H x 0.43"D  
On sale Sep 05, 2017 | 48 Pages | 9781101919019
Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile 650L | Fountas & Pinnell N

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What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren't looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you'll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you. 

A whimsical story about ghost care, Rebecca Green's debut picture book is a perfect combination of offbeat humor, quirky and sweet illustrations, and the timeless theme of friendship.
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Rebecca Green is the illustrator of Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer and How to Make Friends with a Ghost, which she also wrote. Booklist called the latter "a heartfelt lesson in kindness and caring." Most recently, she illustrated Kafka and the Doll, which received two starred reviews. In addition to working as an illustrator for children's books, magazines, and galleries, she also helped run The Warren, a studio in Nashville that houses five working artists and hosts a variety of community events. Some of her clients include HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the Wall Street Journal, and Flow magazine. Visit her at myblankpaper.com. View titles by Rebecca Green
  • WINNER | 2017
    Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design – Children
A Globe and Mail 100 Best Books of 2017 pick


"Green’s picture-book debut is a guidebook that will be useful for anyone lucky enough to meet a ghost. . . . A solid guidebook to shelve with similar tomes on caring for monsters, trolls, fairies, dragons, and the like." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] tender little love story." --The Globe and Mail

"Utterly endearing… a sweet picture book about enduring friendship." --The Horn Book

"[T]his charming ghost story warms the heart… a heartfelt lesson in kindness and caring, qualities essential to creating ‘lifelong (and beyond) friendships.'" --Booklist

"A warm, enduring friendship between girl and ghost is at the heart of this eccentric, consoling 'guide.' Perfect for Halloween." --The Toronto Star

Book Trailer: How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

How to Make Friends with a Ghost - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your ghost for whipped cream or a marshmallow when you aren't looking! If you follow these few simple steps and the rest of the essential tips in How to Make Friends with a Ghost, you'll see how a ghost friend will lovingly grow up and grow old with you. 

A whimsical story about ghost care, Rebecca Green's debut picture book is a perfect combination of offbeat humor, quirky and sweet illustrations, and the timeless theme of friendship.

Author

© Cocco Photo
Rebecca Green is the illustrator of Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer and How to Make Friends with a Ghost, which she also wrote. Booklist called the latter "a heartfelt lesson in kindness and caring." Most recently, she illustrated Kafka and the Doll, which received two starred reviews. In addition to working as an illustrator for children's books, magazines, and galleries, she also helped run The Warren, a studio in Nashville that houses five working artists and hosts a variety of community events. Some of her clients include HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the Wall Street Journal, and Flow magazine. Visit her at myblankpaper.com. View titles by Rebecca Green

Awards

  • WINNER | 2017
    Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design – Children

Praise

A Globe and Mail 100 Best Books of 2017 pick


"Green’s picture-book debut is a guidebook that will be useful for anyone lucky enough to meet a ghost. . . . A solid guidebook to shelve with similar tomes on caring for monsters, trolls, fairies, dragons, and the like." --Kirkus Reviews

"[A] tender little love story." --The Globe and Mail

"Utterly endearing… a sweet picture book about enduring friendship." --The Horn Book

"[T]his charming ghost story warms the heart… a heartfelt lesson in kindness and caring, qualities essential to creating ‘lifelong (and beyond) friendships.'" --Booklist

"A warm, enduring friendship between girl and ghost is at the heart of this eccentric, consoling 'guide.' Perfect for Halloween." --The Toronto Star

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Book Trailer: How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

How to Make Friends with a Ghost - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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