The Humpherys Family

Gus Was a Friendly Ghost

Record Added: 8/23/2009
Author Jane Thayer
Illustrator Seymour Fleishman
Series Gus the Ghost
Setting United States
Topic Children's Fiction, Class
Publisher William Morrow and Compan
ISBN 0688213685   Year 1962
Age 4-8   Pages 32
Description purple cover
 
This story is about a ghost named Gus that is friendly. The lives in an abandon house that no one lives, but a family lives in the house during summer. Their name is the Scott family, with Mr and Mrs. Scott and theirs children Susie and Sammy. This family isn't afraid of ghost or believes in them, so they like going to the house.

During the winters the Scotts go back to their own house. Gus is always lonely without them there because he always amuses the family by rattling and clanking in the attic. One day Gus goes out and finds Mouse, who is very cold because its winter. Gus asks Mouse back to the house and spend some time with him. They go back to the house and Mouse is cold, so with Gus's power he makes a fire. Mouse is hungry and Gus isn't because ghost don't get hungry, so with Gus's power, he makes Mouse a cheese sandwich.
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