The Little Ghost Who Was A Quilt

Welcome to this unofficial meeting of our book club, Reading in Public.

We will start by reciting the Reader's Oath: I shall not poo poo on someone else's joy. The speed at which I read does not reflect my intelligence or character. It is simply a sign of my available time and overall exhaustion. I will DNF without mercy and tell everyone to read that one book no one else likes (because it was my favorite).

How Did This Book Come To Me​

Last year, on a road trip with my friend Annette, I picked up this beautiful children's book. Today, with October peeping around the corner of my calendar, I sat in the morning sunlight and enjoyed another read of it.

What's It About

It's the story of a sweet little ghost that doesn't look like everyone else. While his mom and dad are sheets, he is a patchwork quilt. He looks different than all of his friends, too.

His looks aren't the only thing that separates him from the others in his community. His quilt is heavy, and he doesn't quite move the same way as everyone else.

One Halloween, he finds himself draped over a porch railing, then collected by a trick-or-treater, and off on a Halloween adventure.

My Experience With The Book

I've recently discovered Angela's Bookcase on YouTube. This is my favorite BookTube channel. Angela is so delightful and thoughtful. She genuinely cares about books and reading for enrichment. This is one of those rare channels that doesn't make reading a performative act. Some of the videos are little journal entries, and others are minutes from your new favorite book club.

I cannot emphasize enough how much joy I've gotten from this channel. Part of that is the reigniting of my love of a good children's book.

In a few of Angela's videos, she says, "I like to keep a couple of children's books on the go." I thought to myself, "Why don't I start doing that?! I'm a children's book author, after all!"

This morning, before work, I had a warm cup of English Breakfast tea, a sunlight chair, and a few spare minutes. It didn't take me long to finish the book, but I took my time reading the book and enjoying each illustration.

It was so lovely to read a low-stakes, safe story.

Who Should Read It?

This is the part where reviews say, "Pick up a copy for your young reader," but I'm not going to do that. Instead, I recommend getting a copy for yourself!

You can share it with the young readers in your life, but you should get this for yourself.

You deserve an autumn book treat.

If you would like to order this book online while supporting your independent booksellers and this blog, consider using the link below for Bookshop.org.

The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt

Check out The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt - <b>When you’re a quilt instead of a sheet, being a ghost is hard! An adorable picture book for fans of <i>Stumpkin</i> and <i>How to Make Friends with a Ghost</i>.</b><br><br>Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot. <br><br>He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets, and so are all of his friends. (His great-grandmother was a lace curtain, but that doesn’t really help cheer him up.) He feels sad and left out when his friends are zooming around and he can’t keep up. <br><br>But one Halloween, everything changes. The little ghost who was a quilt has an experience that no other ghost could have, an experience that only happens because he’s a quilt . . . and he realizes that it’s OK to be different. by Riel Nason and Byron Eggenschwiler on Bookshop.org US!

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