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The Haunted Library: The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler

Source: Purchased
Paperback, 128 pgs.
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The Haunted Library: The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant, is a solid third book in this series in which Kaz is beginning to take lessons from Beckett about different ghost skills, including how to pick up solid objects. He’s not doing very well with his lessons, but Beckett insists that he learn. When Claire provides Kaz with an opportunity to escape his grueling lessons, he jumps at the chance.

One of Claire’s classmates saw a ghost during play rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk. Kaz isn’t thrilled with all of the noise at Claire’s elementary school or the rush of kids everywhere, but he soon finds a way to navigate without having solids pass through him and making him feel all weird. Kaz easily eavesdrops on conversations and reports back to Claire, but he seems to forget that her classmates will find it odd that she’s talking to herself all the time.

My daughter loves guessing who the ghost might be in each of these books, whether it’s someone in Kaz’s lost family or a classmate. But one thing is for sure, Kaz is growing stronger as a ghost every book, and we can’t wait to see what new ghostly skills he picks up along the way.

The Haunted Library: The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant, is a solid mystery with a fun cast of characters. As this is set in the school for the most part, we rarely seek Beckett and Kosmo, the ghost dog. We missed them, but it was good to see Kaz get inspired to take action to help a kid being made fun of by others. We’ll definitely be reading more of these.

RATING: Quatrain

Mailbox Monday #574

Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it.

It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and more.

Leslie, Martha, and I also will share our picks from everyone’s links in the new feature Books that Caught Our Eye. We hope you’ll join us.

Here’s what we received:

The Haunted Library: The Ghost Backstage by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant, which I purchased.

Kaz and Claire’s new detective agency is a success! Their latest case, though, is proving to be the hardest yet. When Claire’s classmate says he saw a ghost backstage while rehearsing the school play, Kaz goes to school with Claire to investigate. From the description the boy gave, Kaz is sure it’s his mom—but where has she gone? Kaz and Claire search everywhere and find no trace of her, but the mysterious ghostly activities are still happening.

The Haunted Library: The Five O’Clock Ghost by Dori Hillestad Butler, illustrated by Aurore Damant, which I purchased.

Kaz and Claire are called in for another ghostly mystery, and this ghost is always right on time. When Claire’s friend tells the young detectives about his five o’clock ghost, Kaz wonders if it could be his own missing brother, Little John. Kaz and Claire search the house up and down, but they can’t find any trace of Little John–or any other ghost. Yet when five o’clock comes along, the strange occurrences come back again.

Spectrum: Math Workbook for 3rd Grade, which I purchased.

FOCUSED PRACTICE: The Spectrum Math Workbook for Third Grade provides focused practice in math mastery for children ages 8 and 9. This 160-page, ten-chapter workbook keeps kids at the top of their math game using progressive practice, math in everyday settings, and tests to monitor progress.
CORRELATED TO CURRENT STATE STANDARDS: This engaging workbook covers fact families, adding and subtracting 4-digit numbers, multiplying and dividing, fractions, perimeter and area, graphs and line plots, and presenting data.
WHAT’S INSIDE: Includes lessons and exercises that help students to understand difficult subject matter, along with pretests, post-tests, mid-tests, and final tests. An answer key is provided to measure the student’s success.
WORKING TOGETHER: A teacher and parent-loved series, Spectrum Math Workbooks help children stay ahead in math by supplying systematic and thought-provoking practice designed to increase in complexity.

Spectrum: Critical Thinking Math for Grade 3, which I purchased.

The Spectrum® Critical Thinking for Math Workbook for third grade features 128 pages of grade-specific activities to help students think critically while building and applying math skills both in and out of the classroom.

Aligned with current state standards, this workbook helps extend learning to real-world scenarios and reinforces concepts such as adding and subtracting through four-digit numbers, multiplying and dividing, perimeter and area, fractions, working with graphs, and more. Testing sections throughout help students review and retain knowledge, while an answer key provides insight into different problem-solving methods and strategies.

Spectrum: Vocabulary for Grade 3, which I purchased.

Spectrum Vocabulary Book for grade 3 reinforces student’s language skills with the progressive lessons and practices through strategies related to word classification, context clues, root and base words and prefixes, suffixes and imported words. It includes test-taking practice sections and an answer key that helps your child systematically build and strengthen vocabulary and comprehension skills. It provides quality educational materials that support your students learning achievement with success and is a child’s path to a strong and expanding vocabulary.

What did you receive?