Ghost Train: A Spooky Hologram Book [Hardcover]

Stephen Wyllie (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up

Headless Hector, the Gray Lady, and the Silver Skeleton are looking for a place to haunt. This ghostly trio grins ghoulishly and hides behind die-cut windows in a Gothic tale packed with laughs, chills, and the visual wizardry of nine shimmering holograms in 3-D living color and 22 watercolor illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Wyllie and Lee will enthrall even the most jaded reader with this macabre marriage of art and story. Headless Hector, the Gray Lady and the Silver Skeleton haunt Ravenswick Castle four hundred years ago and do their job so enthusiastically that before long no one will set foot inside: When the roof fell in, we had to admit we were out of a job, the Skeleton sadly concludes. Then the trio of tricksters search for a new home, eventually turning their terrifying talents to good use at an amusement-park attraction. Well-written and droll as Wyllie's narrative is, it's hard to tear oneself away from the illustrations, dotted throughout with holograms to convey the spectral characters. Tilt the book and a seemingly three-dimensional Hector, his grinning head cradled in one arm, appears to pivot; a frizzy-haired Lady waits past a window; a gleeful Skeleton strokes the cheek of a lady, who promptly slaps her dinner companion's face (We laughed so hard we nearly lived, says the Skeleton). Cutouts optimize the effects of the holograms in a superb deployment of this art form. Ages 5-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-5-- Headless Hector, the Gray Lady, and the Silver Skeleton lurk about Ravenswick Castle for many years, playing pranks on the guests (`` `We laughed so hard we nearly lived ' '') until there are no more visitors and the roof falls in. Out they go to find a new haunt, and settle on--what better place?--an amusement park's Ghost Train. The book features elaborate, slightly undulant illustrations and sharply detailed, effectively scary holograms; since the book has to be held just so to see the latter clearly, the spirits seem to leap out suddenly at viewers. Funny and startling. --John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 2 pages
• Publisher: Dial; 1st edition (September 8, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803711638
• ISBN-13: 978-0803711631
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 9.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,591,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 2 1/2 Year Old Loves It, March 29, 2001

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Stephen H. Slocomb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost Train: A Spooky Hologram Book (Hardcover)

My two and 1/2 year old absolutely loves this book. He really loves the holograms and finding each character in the pictures. Despite the title, it has become a bedtime staple for him.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brian Lee, February 13, 2003

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H. Plowman (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghost Train: A Spooky Hologram Book (Hardcover)

Brian Lee is my A-Level graphics teacher, and I have seen all of the original drawings for this book, and they are all incredibly detailed...the book is fun, and the illustrations are excellent.
This was one of my favourite books when I was younger and I would reccomend anyone else to BUY THE BOOK!

5.0 out of 5 stars Fond of the Memories, September 26, 2010

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Jeanne DeSantis (Danville, pa. United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost Train: A Spooky Hologram Book (Hardcover)

This book was the source of many "flashbacks" for my brother and I about 2 years ago, just after the Eve of Christmas (on Christmas Day). We kept remembering holographic spectres from our youth (a mustachioed man, a long-haired woman, and a skeleton in a cave). The cave part wasn't right, but the rest was! Now that we have found this book, we are pleased to be ordering a second copy! Thankyou, Mr. Stephen Wyllie! I'm 29 years old!