Spöket Henri är en riktig olycksfågel. Först får han mässlingen, sedan gulsot, därefter trillar han ner från ett träd. Ja, så håller det på, med grenar i huvudet och armen i gips men så händer någonting ännu värre. Henri börjar gå fortare, sen saktar han ner och så stannar han. Spökkompisarna tar med honom till doktor Bobo som opererar honom.
Jacques Duquennoy berättar lika mycket i bild som text. Spöken är ju, som alla vet, genomskinliga, vilket bäddar för många komiska poänger. Det här är en bok för barn som behöver bearbeta sina sjukhusbesök, men det är också en spännande och humoristisk godnattsaga.
Berättelsen har tidigare publicerats i Svarta barnkammarboken
My son likes ghost books but I have to admit that I got Operation Ghost as much for myself as I did for him. The cover reminded me of a typical O.R. scene in M*A*S*H but with ghosts so I snapped it up. It's a strange reason to get a book but fairly typical for me!
Operation Ghost by Jacques Duquennoy is basically a shaggy dog story but aimed at beginning readers. The book follows a ghost into the hospital when his ticker goes bad.
Here's where Sean and I part ways. He's still learning about puns so he doesn't get why I laugh every time we get to page where Dr. Ouch pulls out a busted alarm clock from the ghost's chest. I've tried explaining to him that a heart can be called a ticker but so far we haven't gotten past the "why" or "how come" phase.
Nonetheless, we both enjoy the book and love reading it together even if we laugh at the jokes for completely different reasons.
41 months - We own two other of Jacques Duquennoy's ghost books. The Ghost's Dinner is by far our favorite but this is a pretty close second. I was happily surprised to spot it on the shelf at the library and just had to borrow it. I don't think O gets all the humor but she still enjoys it and has asked to read it again and again.