See the Ghost: Three Stories about Things You Cannot See

“Sim­ple sen­tences fol­low a pre­dictable pat­tern for those devel­op­ing their read­ing skills, but the sto­ries’ action always takes a delight­ful­ly unex­pect­ed turn. Through the clever use of speech bub­bles and Wohnoutka’s delight­ful, inven­tive illus­tra­tions, three invis­i­ble things are ani­mat­ed and giv­en tremen­dous per­son­al­i­ty. It is a remark­able feat to pack so many gen­uine laughs into such a sim­ple text for emerg­ing read­ers. In the vein of its pre­de­ces­sor, See the Dog: Three Sto­ries about a Cat (2021), there is delight­ful inter­ac­tion between the char­ac­ters and the read­er and even a meta-com­men­tary between the char­ac­ters and the book itself that assumes a flat­ter­ing intel­li­gence in its child read­er. This Geisel-win­ning series keeps the bar high with this newest install­ment. Not only does it set begin­ning read­ers up for suc­cess with rep­e­ti­tion and con­text clues galore, but it enter­tains to its very core.” (Book­list, starred review)

“Big laughs from this ear­ly read­er. Bro­ken into three sto­ries, LaRochelle’s acces­si­ble text will inspire con­fi­dence and gig­gles in new read­ers. Wohnoutka’s gouache, comics-inspired illus­tra­tions use speech bal­loons to ratch­et up the humor while pro­vid­ing con­text cues to sup­port emerg­ing decod­ing skills and ample white space for rest­ing the eyes. Iron­ic coun­ter­point between art and text is an imme­di­ate source of com­e­dy … See the star? Buy the book.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)