My Haunted House (Araminta Spookie No. 1) Paperback – August 26, 2008

I enjoyed this book by Angie Sage. The plot was simple and did not scare me. I would suggest this for third grade reading. Since it doesn't have many pictures, it helps readers to imagine the story in their minds.

Loved reading this book with my son. In my opinion I didnt think the pages were good for younger readers. The writing was a bit small and felt like an adult book. But the story was fun and exciting.

I like Angie Sage's Septimus Heap stories very much. I wish there could be more of them.So I decided to examine the Araminta Spookie series. It is pretty well done, but it is clearly written for a much younger age group than the one I am in (I am 75). Some stories are ageless, for example many of Daniel Pinkwater's stories that are nominally for children. But volume 1 is not really for adults.

My 8 year old son is a great reader, but he refused to read chapter books...until Araminta came into our lives!! Now he reads them to me and we both just love her and her quirky family. Her sense of humor is spot on so that kids can understand it. The illustrations are terrific and FUN! The chapters aren't too long, takes us about 10 minutes per so we can usually read two a night. But BEWARE, the cliff-hangers are really good and your little one may beg you for "just ONE more, PLEASE??" We cannot wait until book 6 comes out.

This is a great little book for kids. There are wonderful puns that will keep the adult going if reading out loud. It's quite a charming story of a family in crisis with a unique solution that solves more than the obvious problem. The illustrations are wonderful too, stylized without being too cute. I highly recommend this book and the next two in the series.

The 1st book was given to my daughter on Halloween by a family member. At 4 years old, my daughter loved the book so i bought the whole series. Awesome and thrilling stories for children. Not scary at all just humorous. Great series!

Read this out loud to my fourth graders and they loved every bit of it!

This is an enjoyable little book. The cover is really nice and the illustrations are very well done. The story is entertaining and flows along quickly. Any young reader will be happy with this book.