The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe

by Tony Johnston

Book Overview

When a little dog unwittingly unearths a bone belonging to the deceased farmer Nicholas Greebe, a quiet New England farmhouse is suddenly transformed into a place of outrageous happenings. Set in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803716486
• ISBN13: 9780803716483
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.3" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

My son's favorite

We checked this out from the library a few times, then I finally bought it for my son--it's his favorite book (he's 5), which is saying something since we've probably read 200 books this year. We all enjoy it; excellent illustrations, entertaining story, incorporates a ghost, yet isn't too scary for a 3- and 5-year-old.

A good fun book!

My 4-year-old daughter picked this book out at the library. She loves scary books and movies. After reading the book to her, I realized I must have a copy.The language in the book is beautiful, poetic, and not "dumbed down" just becuase it is a children's book. It is a wonderful book to read aloud.I would recommend this book. It is not too scary for those children who may scare easily.

The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe

I wish I would have written this book! The language is amazing and fun to read over and over. My boys, 6 and 3, love this book, and so do I (which is great since I'm the one reading it). I'm sad that this book is out of print because it's a gem.

A Grandfather's/Historians"Report Card".

To all Parents,grandparents, of whatever stripe: this book is the Quintessence of a Children's Book!!!!! Since my Husband found this Volume: I let him compleat the Review. Quite by chance, I found this Book on a Sale Table and was 1st struck by the Quality of the Artwork. A quick review of the contents was then in order. The Text was so well written, that I found the nearest chair, and read the entire (unnumbered)15pages! I am also an amateur historian: and the fellow you might see at Colonial Williamsburg(VA) in a cocked hat and kneebreeches: so I was also interested in the details of the Artwork. In brief, they are superb,and add immensley to the value of the story line. If you but buy just One Book for the Child in your Life: MAke it this One Book"The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe". You and the children will be most satisfied with it. I cannot rate it highly enough, in this day of 'computer english' and the Degredation of the English Tongue. Mrs. Harriett Anthony & "Squire" Charles Anthony

A Great Kids' Scary Book

Students at my school library are always asking for scary books, but appropriate stories are few and far between. This will satisfy many of them. Set in Colonial Massachusetts, the story, in which a dog digs up a bone from the body of Nicholas Greebe begins an incredible, hundred-year journey for that bone. Greebe's ghost waits and haunts his former home until the bone miraculously returns. The illustrations add just the right detail and mood to the story.