Three Little Ghosties Book

How much trouble could three harmless little ghosties get into in one night? Plenty! These silly spirits love boasting to each other about who is the scariest. Ghouls, witches, and even a neighborhood ogre all find themselves at the mercy of these naughty ghosties, who spook them with a "woooo, woooo, woooo, BOOOO!" But when the ghosties decide to scare some boys and girls for a change, who will get the biggest fright of all?

This bouncing, rhyming tale by Pippa Goodhart is just the antidote for bedtime jitters and Anna-Laura Cantone's perfectly spooky illustrations will inspire nothing but giggles. Look inside—if you dare!

Children's Literature

The more lovable than frightening little ghosties who sit "on their posties, eating burnt toasties, telling big boasties" take delight in reporting to each other on their abilities to frighten, all in amusing rhymes. Ghouls, witches, even an ogre, are spooked away with whoo's and boo's. But when they decide to scare some "girlsies" and "boysies," and arrive at the narrator's house, they meet their match. Back to their "momsies" they run, only to be sent to bed. The appealing, silly story is made all the more attractive set on double-page, mixed media scenes, like that of the sketchy gray blobs of ghosties chewing on their pieces of toast, or of the other cartoony characters in their various locations. The witches "in their nighties" ride off on broomsticks through the woods, but the oafish ogre towers over the fields. Houses are designed like fairytale castles, while the narrator sleeps in a huge "royal" bed. The size and shape of the words of the text vary to enhance the emotion; many bits of detail add to the flavor. The story starts with the ghosties on the jacket/cover and front endpapers; they are tucked unhappily into bed on the back endpapers. Reviewer: Ken Marantz and Sylvia Marantz