I love the idea of a Silly Billy Book! That’s what the series is called, and that’s what drew me to Ghosts, Thieves and Aha! Adventures by Asha Nehemiah in the first place. With its full colour illustrations, the series is a great addition to books that bridge an awkward gap between age-groups and reading levels. It’s perfect for ages eight and above, well suited to children who aren’t yet ready to pick up middle-grade books, but enjoy colourful chapter books.
Independent bookstores are close to my heart, and a book set in a bookstore was bound to be fun! At Aha! Books, there seems to be rather a lot happening. There’s a ghost that keeps putting a particular book on display. There’s a thief (or more than one thief, perhaps?) who steals scarves and harmonicas. Could a rambunctious dog called Kattabomman, a baby called T-Reks and a young man called Biplob be somehow involved?
Like all of Asha’s books, Ghosts, Thieves and Aha! Adventures is a delightful mix of humour and action. With its quirky characters, perfectly illustrated by Pankaj Saikia, we’re drawn into a lighthearted bookstore mystery, in which the protagonist Ashish realises that his mother’s workplace is nowhere near as boring as he expected it to be!
| Title | Ghosts, Thieves and Aha! Adventures |
| Author Illustrator | Asha Nehemiah Pankaj Saikia |
| Tags | Chapter Book, Silly Billy Book |
| Rating (out of 5) | 4 |
| Ages | 8+ |
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