Mrs. Gaddy and the Ghost

Mrs. Gaddy

by Wilson Gage, Marilyn Hafner (Illustrator)

Mrs. Gaddy finds a ghost in the kitchen can be good company.

Genres: Picture Books, Ghosts

56 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Wilson Gage is the pen name of Mary Q. Steele, the newest writer in a family of gifted and successful writers: her husband, William, her sister, and her mother, Christine Govan, are the authors of many popular books for children and young people.

Reviews

[Bookstork Buzz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dear, rosy-cheeked Mrs. Gaddy has a very nice farm. She has fields of corn and a vegetable garden. She has a meadow and apple trees, a storm cellar if a tornado happens, some chickens and a cow and a mule. There is only one trouble. Her little old house is haunted. That ghosty thing is in the kitchen, making awful noises at night. It keeps the poor old Gaddy awake, and she has to find a way to get rid of it.

She sweeps it out. But, “Drat and double drat!” – sweeping doesn’t work.

She tries to spray it with bug spray, but, “Oh, my stars!” – to no avail.

When it gets in the oven, she makes a fire to cook it. But, “Oh, tarnation!” - the ghosty thing gets out!

She churns it into butter but, “Oh, my stars and garters!” – foiled again! Then the mousetrap fails and Mrs. Gaddy, as a very last resort, has a great idea.

“Maybe I can get rid of that ghost the way my grandmother taught me to get rid of rats and mice!”

And, indeed, that definitely does the trick. But, “Oh, good gravy!” and “Oh, forevermore!” – something awful happens to make our Mrs. Gaddy change her mind. What could that awful something be?

MRS. GADDY AND THE GHOST is an old book with a timeless appeal, another of my very, very favourites. I cannot imagine a more perfect Mrs. Gaddy than Marilyn Hafner’s and I give it 5 “oh-my-stars” and I will love it “oh, oh, oh, forevermore!”

[Sarah (read.with.prncss1204) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my favorite book as a child. I had to check it out from the library every time my mom took me. I finally found my own copy as an adult and now I share it with my 1st grade students every year.

[Ange · Rating 3 out of 5]

I nice fun story for young children. Good illustrations and particularly the ghost, who has legs and feet. I don't know why but ghosts generally don't seem to have legs and feet. I like that Mrs Gaddy's ghost does!

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book as a kid!

[Francesco · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very nice book both the story and the illustrations
I've read the Italian version, Matilde e il Fantasma, to my daughter and she found it very funny
I definitely recommend that

[marton · Rating 5 out of 5]

so che baro con il mio obbiettivo di libri per il 2024 ma tutti questi disegni sono perfetti

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter's all-time fave book. We had to check this out EVERY time when she was little.