The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans

Download or read book The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans written by Mary Quattlebaum and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who's afraid of Fred the ghost? Unfortunately, no one! Fred the ghost is perfectly happy haunting his lonely old New Orleans house until Pierre and his daughter Marie move in and turn the house into . . . (horrors!) . . . a restaurant. They clean up his beloved dust. They fix the house's squeaks and leaks. And as much as Fred clanks and groans and haunts and moans, not one single diner is scared away. In fact, no one even notices him. Is it time for Fred to find a new home? A hungry ghost in more ways than one, Fred satisfies develops a taste for friendship—and beignets—in this deliciously satisfying New Orleans tale.