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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Fiction
PreS-Gr 2–Oliver, a friendly ghost living in an empty house, has a lot of work ahead of him in preparation for his Halloween party. He glides in ghostlike fashion out the door to deliver invitations to the witches, to skeletons Skully and Jake, and to the bats in the cave. However, as he hurriedly heads home, he drops an invitation in front of two human children. Back inside, Oliver must perform the ghost version of preparing for guests: dusting the fu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2012
Landry’s cheery watercolor and pencil illustrations and calm palette signal that this Halloween story is more treat than trick; together, the straightforward text and simple compositions build suspense and inject humor into this not-scary ghost story. On the way home from delivering invitations to his Halloween party, ghost Oliver doesn’t notice when "a lone envelope slipped from his bag and twirl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More