mlottermoser's review against another edition
5.0
My son doesn't care that it is a Halloween book in August. He just wanted to read this one, over and over and over. I might need to add it to my Halloween collection. Just the right level of spooky, predictive text, and detailed illustrations. Great for counting concepts, imaginative story reenactments, and descriptive words.
agudenburr's review against another edition
3.0
The illustrations are a little scary for little kids. Better as a one-on-one story where caretaker knows what their child would be scared of.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
I love the illustrations - beautiful. It was a warm cozy feel to it.
A Halloween counting book. Also, a book about not sharing. A witch tries to move into a house full of ghosts and she scares them off one by one. What would have happened if she tried to live with them? Was the house for sale or is the witch simply stealing the house? Well, never fear, the ghosts get together and take their house back.
Good for 2 year old and above. My nephew enjoyed the witches costumes.
A Halloween counting book. Also, a book about not sharing. A witch tries to move into a house full of ghosts and she scares them off one by one. What would have happened if she tried to live with them? Was the house for sale or is the witch simply stealing the house? Well, never fear, the ghosts get together and take their house back.
Good for 2 year old and above. My nephew enjoyed the witches costumes.
fieldsla's review against another edition
4.0
Great for counting backwards and comprehension (the witch is tricking the ghosts).
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
Now that my son is older and able to read he has been recommending a number of wonderful books. One of the current favorites among his friends is Ten Timid Ghosts. He spoke so highly of it that we ended up getting a copy to add to our collection.
Ten Timid Ghosts is a counting backwards book like Ten Little Lady Bugs except that it is Halloween themed. Ten ghosts get evicted from their home by a witch who has bought their home. The witch uses a number of sneaky tricks to get them to leave. In the end though, they figure out what's going on and they want their house back!
My son likes the book for all the witch's schemes. She uses puppets and disguises and these make him laugh.
My personal favorite page is the bat she uses to scare away ghost number nine. The fleeing ghost takes the eyes up the stairs to the striped socks of the witch. The spring hanging down from her feet leads to the bat which takes up most of the two pages. It's left wing creates a line that draws the eye from the foyer to the sitting room, by way of a portrait (with a hiding ghost) and a number of other hiding ghosts (like those in Hide and Ghost Seek). This illustration is a good early introduction to the ghosts and their home and that's why I like it so much.
Ten Timid Ghosts is a counting backwards book like Ten Little Lady Bugs except that it is Halloween themed. Ten ghosts get evicted from their home by a witch who has bought their home. The witch uses a number of sneaky tricks to get them to leave. In the end though, they figure out what's going on and they want their house back!
My son likes the book for all the witch's schemes. She uses puppets and disguises and these make him laugh.
My personal favorite page is the bat she uses to scare away ghost number nine. The fleeing ghost takes the eyes up the stairs to the striped socks of the witch. The spring hanging down from her feet leads to the bat which takes up most of the two pages. It's left wing creates a line that draws the eye from the foyer to the sitting room, by way of a portrait (with a hiding ghost) and a number of other hiding ghosts (like those in Hide and Ghost Seek). This illustration is a good early introduction to the ghosts and their home and that's why I like it so much.
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