A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter. Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes. And to top it off, this house is occupied by an old lady -- they're the easiest to haunt But things don't go as planned when it turns out a KID comes with this old lady. Chester spots Simon immediately and peppers him with questions. Simon is exasperated. . . until he realizes he can trick Chester into doing his ghost chores. Spooky sounds, footsteps in the attic, creaks on the stairs -- these things don't happen on their own, you know After a long night of haunting, it seems that maybe Chester isn't cut out to be a ghost, so Simon decides to help with Chester's human chores. Turns out Simon isn't cut out for human chores either. But maybe they're both cut out to be friends . . .
Simon the Ghost has a problem: he has to haunt the house, but he also has other pursuits he actually enjoys. When someone moves into Simon’s house, he comes face to face with a kid who wants to be a ghost. Simon tricks Chester into “helping” but things don’t go quite right as they have different ideas on how to do “ghost chores.” I bought this book last year and my kids (5 and 8) have loved the fun illustrations and spotting the situations that Simon and Chester get into, and the friendship that develops as they find out the things they have in common and that they’re not so different after all. A gentle, not-scary (but still fun!) Halloween book that my kids want to read even after the Halloween season is over.
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Published by Ashly Moore Sheldon • September 30, 2021
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