The Little Scottish Ghost by Franz Hahler and Werner Maurer - OPTIONAL

The Little Scottish Ghost by Franz Hahler, illustrated by Werner Maurer. PICTURE BOOK North South. 2022. $20. 9780735845091 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: LOW

A child ghost lives with her parents in the old Scottish Castle they haunt. But no matter how many things they try, she's not weird enough or scary enough. So they sent her away to another castle, for haunting lessons from the best haunter of them all. 

Originally published in 1979 in Switzerland, it is, unfortunately, dated. The story is cute - she discovers that the scariest ghost was (spoiler alert) actually afraid of being in his castle all alone. However, it's a long read - AJ fell asleep before we were finished, and it's dull - maybe the fault of the translation? The illustrations were meant for a different generation - the image of her father the ghost walking across the room with an ax in his head was scary and disturbing. I don't think it aged well. 

Lisa Librarian and AJ (age 7)