The Bookstore Ghost (Easy-to-Read, Puffin)

This easy-to-read ghost story is just the thing for future mystery lovers. Mr. Brown has a bookstore full of spooky ghost books. But even though he has a cat, he also has mice in his store. No customers will come in, and Mr. Brown gives his cat an order: Get rid of the miceor else. Mr. Brown's ingenious and kindhearted cat comes up with a spectacular plan that just might work--with a little help from some ghost-mice. The text in this funny mystery is lively, and the big, full-color pictures by popular illustrator Nadine Bernard Westcott are sweetly amusing and sly. For Halloween or any time, this is a great beginning reader for kids who love ghost stories. Barbara Maitland is the author of The Bear Who Didn't Like Honey. Nadine Bernard Westcott is the creator of over thirty picture books; she also designs a popular line of greeting cards.