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Hush, Baby Ghostling Hardcover – Picture Book, August 4, 2009

by Andrea Beaty (Author), Pascal Lemaitre (Illustrator)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
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When the sun begins to rise, it’s time for Baby Ghostling to sleep. But sleeping is hard when your head is filled with scary thoughts of human children! All of the elements of a classic good-night story are turned on their heads as Mama comforts her ghostling with thoughts of owls and bats and monsters. Young children will delight in seeing their bedtime rituals turned upside down. With gentle humor and glowing illustrations in the hues of dawn, this is a lullaby that any child—ghost or human—will look forward to hearing before bed.
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    2 - 4 years, from customers
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    32 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    Preschool - 3
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 0.4 x 10 inches
  6. Publisher
    Margaret K. McElderry Books
  7. Publication date
    August 4, 2009
  8. ISBN-10
    1416925457
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1416925453
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PreSchool-K–As a mother ghost is trying to get her youngster to bed, every line and ritual used by humans is turned upside down. The ghostling is scared of the light and is told, Now dream a little nightmare while the ghoulies dance and sway./Dream a dream of darkness where the wild monsters play. The little ghost is afraid that there's a boy hiding in his closet, but Mom assures him that children are only make-believe. After the usual hugs, kisses, and assurance that I love you, the youngster finally falls asleep. The digitally colored bamboo and ink drawings are simple and large. The daytime scenes are pink, and those set at night are often purple. The dream scenes are filled with rather scary creatures of all kinds. The story might be scary for the littlest ones, but kids old enough to understand the wordplay might enjoy it.–Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
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About the Author

Andrea Beaty is the author of Doctor Ted; Firefighter Ted; Hush, Baby Ghostling; When Giants Come to Play; and Iggy Peck, Architect. As a kid, she spent her days being a detective, world explorer, movie star, and spy. Now, as a children's author, she spends her days pretty much the same way! She lives in the Chicago area. You can visit her online at andreabeaty.com.

Pascal Lemaitre illustrated Toni and Slade Morrison’s bestselling Who’s Got Game? series, as well as many other books for children. He and his family divide their time between Brussels, Belgium, where he teaches illustration, and Brooklyn, New York. Visit him online at PascalLemaitre.com.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Margaret K. McElderry Books; Repackage ed. edition (August 4, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416925457
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416925453
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 4 years, from customers
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.4 x 10 inches
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    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 31 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2012
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My 3 year old granddaughter really liked this sweet little book. A baby ghost is afraid of the light and mama ghost soothes him by turning on the dark and checking that the monsters are in the closet. The pictures are great and the little ghostie is cute. Perfect bedtime reading.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unique twist on a classic bedtime story
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2009
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Hush, Baby Ghostling caught my eye right away. My 4-year-old really enjoys rhyming books though he gets easily bored if they are too simplistic. His favorite books have a common theme and that is the story within is unique from anything else he has ever read. This book fits that bill perfectly. I could tell he was very intrigued and a bit confused that this common bedtime routine was reversed. The story is about a baby ghostling at bedtime, and a common tale unfolds in a very original way as his mommy ghost tries to soothe his fears about the light and says she will "leave the darkness on." He hears strange and scary sounds and thinks they are children playing and laughing outside. Again, his mother soothes his fears and tells him to think of monsters and nightmares. It really fits very well and was an entertaining read for all of us. It continues to be one of his most frequently read books and I'm so glad I picked it up. The illustrations are very nicely done, definitely spooky but not too scary. Just enough to portray the life of baby ghostling and illustrate the many differences between his world and ours. Recommended for all the little readers in your life!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly done
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2009
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I disliked this book so much that I gave it away. Even if it is a ghost mom and child, who would want to wish their child nightmares? Mediocre idea, poorly executed - I wouldn't recommend this for any family.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Misses the Target Age Group
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2009
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Story about a mother ghost trying to get her baby ghost to sleep with the day breaking after a night of playing. Everything is opposite to a living household. I guess that's interesting. I read this to my three year old and it was met with some reservation. First off, it is kind of confusing for a three year old to understand the whole opposite thing. More importantly, some of the monsters throughout the book were a bit scary for my son. There is even a part where the baby ghost has a nightmare of seeing a white kid with blue eyes and blond hair (I'll refrain from dropping the race card). He didn't freak out but, I could see it in his face and at the end without prompting made a point of saying how he "wasn't scarred". I was a little disappointed as we really enjoyed Dr. Ted (another book by the same author). One might think that this book were for older kids but, I think that the story and even words used in Dr. Ted were more advanced than this book. Just the premise behind the ghost and its opposite life seemed too far out. The problem is that an older kid that would better understand these ideas and not be scarred of the pictures probably wouldn't be interested in this level of grammar and animation.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A direct contrast to typical children's stories
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2009
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I'd like to start off stating that my "modestly sheltered" children found this book amusing and asked me to repeat it immediately. From their perspective, it was a good book, although they aren't very critical. They asked to hear it again that evening.

This book is a bedtime story, as we follow a baby ghost through its bedtime ritual. The bedtime closely mirrors the familiar bedtime shenanigans of "humans" but most everything is opposite.

It follows a familar formula:
The baby ghost's doll is misplaced (its a skeleton).
The baby ghost is afraid of the light.
The mother ghost hopes the baby will have nightmares.
The baby ghost is afraid of real children and the mother ghost must check the closet.
And so on...

My opinion is that this book is a poorly contrived parody, and the author was not very inventive or clever about it. The fact that it follows a formula is not, in itself, bad. But the way the book is written just doesn't hit the mark. There is no "a-ha!" moment where you feel the author did something new and different. I love reading books to my children, but this one is lackluster compared to some of our favorites.

The art struck me as very ordinary. I found the overused fonts and colors of those fonts actually made the appearance of the book bland compared to favorites like "skippyjon jones" and "alice the fairy".

But my kids enjoyed it, and my wife felt it was amusing, so I give it 3 stars despite my personal misgivings.

As a side note: Although there is nothing in the book that is overtly offensive, the subject matter is a bit freakish. The idea of cuddling "mr bones", who is a rather ugly skeleton doll, will be weird to many children I think. Use discretion when buying this book.
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Karen K. Hart
4.0 out of 5 stars Not just for Halloween.
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2009
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Hush, Baby Ghostling is clever in that it reverses a child's fear of the dark and monsters, showing us a ghost who is afraid of the light and children.
Whether the book is effective in soothing a child to sleep, I don't know. The mother ghost doesn't seem altogether trustworthy when she tells the little ghost there aren't really children--and all the while there are children dancing and playing outside. However, a kid might not draw the same conclusion I did about the parent's reliability.
Some of the monsters in the pictures were rather spooky, so a kid who's already jumpy about such things might not find the ghost who likes those monsters to be as sympathetic a character as one might like. I'm sure this depends, to a great extent, on the child who is going to read the book, however.
My four-year-old did seem to enjoy the book when I read it to him, but he didn't comment on it much. I liked the candle "lit" with a flame of darkness, and I found this embodiment of the old "it's more scared of you than you are of it" mantra amusing.
I don't think Halloween is even mentioned in the book, although my immediate assumption when I saw ghosts on the cover was that it would be considered to be a Halloween story. So this is a story that will be fun--and MAYBE soothing to children--year-round. For adults, the story is a refreshing break from the typical child-conquers-nighttime-fears scenario.
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