Book Review: 'Hardly Haunted' by Jessie Sima

✰✰✰✰  A house has a big problem; it’s been empty for a really long time. The house worries about maybe being haunted because she does not want to be. However, there’s no mistaking that her doors were creaky, the stairs squeak, and the pipes rattle. The house thinks that if she could just keep quiet, someone might move in. And it works…sort of. Sometimes we do actually get what we wish for, but it’s just not always in the way we want. 

The Bottom Line: This adorable haunted house tale is for anyone who ever wished they could change, but realized along the way that they are perfect just the way they are. Illustrated with just the right amount of spookiness, this picture book is sure to please kids in grades K - 2.

Details: Hardly Haunted illustrated & written by Jessie Sima. Picture book published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in 2021. 48 p. ISBN: 978-1-5344-4170-5