Ghosts Don’t Eat is the third of Anushka Ravishankar’s books that we’re reading at my online reading programme, and it promises to be just as much fun! We read Moin and the Monster at my book club for slightly older readers and the first of the Zain and Ana books, At Least a Fish, at an earlier edition of my book club for ages seven and eight.
Ghosts Don’t Eat is a hilarious book. I love children with good, earnest intentions, never mind what happens next. For instance, Ana wants to investigate the ghost in her neighbour Nikhil’s house, so of course she needs Zain to create some sort of distraction. And what’s the first idea that comes to mind? Start a fire! Is that the best idea? Um …
I’m waiting to read Ghosts Don’t Eat with my book club!
Words
Ana loves words. Insufferable. Namby-pamby. Alibi.
What better introduction to a word game? I’d love to do all kinds of word games with the children – from a timed word-building game to unscramble. It promises to be fun!
Scientific Experiments
Zain and Ana want to do a scientific experiment that might just win them a Nobel. They want to establish which part of their brain hurts when they exercise it in different ways.
I love linking reading to other activities, and so, we’ll talk about experiments the children would like to conduct. I might even introduce them to the Ig Nobel prize! If we have the time, we’ll do a little scientific activity of our own.
Animals
Until the very end of the book, we’re kept wondering what exactly Zain and Ana are going to give Nikhil. It’s not a dog, we know that much. And Zain is nervous about how good an idea it is to give Nikhil this animal. Hmm. What could it be? What animals would make for unusual pets?
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