SuitabookHow to Make Friends With a Ghost
Rebecca Green
- Reading
- Read it as a playful guide rather than a factual account. Pause for the snack and care instructions, invite discussion of the illustrations, and decide beforehand whether to linger on the final image or explain it simply.
- Themes
- Friendship as care: The book gives instructions for feeding, reading to and protecting a ghost, presenting companionship as something requiring attention. Care is treated warmly and as part of a lasting friendship.
- Companionship across change: A section called “Growing Together” addresses moving house, work, having a family and growing old. The friendship is framed as continuing through changing circumstances and stages of life.
- Death and continued connection: The final illustration shows the girl as a ghost, holding hands with her friend above a new gravestone, with friendship continuing after the end. Death is presented as poignant and connected with continuing friendship, rather than described only as frightening.
- Worth knowing
- Some children may want preparation for supernatural imagery, deliberately disgusting foods, and the closing reference to a gravestone. The book also reaches old age and death, though the emotional effect of these scenes is not fully established.