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 The Teeny Tiny Ghost  By Kay Winters  Biography Information: Summary: Every day the teeny tiny ghost goes to haunting school in order to learn how to be scarier. This is a problem for the young ghost because his own screams scare him when he practices. On Halloween one day there is a knock on the door that really scares the teeny tiny ghost so he “boos” really loud in order to scare the people away. It turned out to be a test from his family and friends and he passed the scare test. Review: After reading the book, I really liked the story even though it was aimed for a much younger audience. However, I really liked the bigger meaning of the story which teaches children to constantly strive for something they want because even though it might be hard at first, you can always succeed if you keep trying. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Analysis of a Literary Element: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The literary element I chose to focus on was the illustrations. I thought the illustrations were simple but did a great job illustrating the ghost’s feelings. When the ghost felt discouraged about not being scary enough, the face was really representative of these struggles. Then, when he was finally scary enough, his face lit up and those feelings were portrayed through his expressions. By looking at the illustrations, the reader is really able to make predictions on what the text will say. There were many colors which grabbed the reader’s attention as well, but made sure they did not take away from the writing. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author’s Biography: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Kay Winters was born in1936 in Trenton, New Jersey. She attended Arcadia University, Boston University, Wheelock College, and Lehigh University. Before her career as an author, she was a classroom teacher, reading specialist, Title I/gifted teacher, elementary supervisor and college instructor. After she retired as a teacher, she became a children’s books author and has now written 19 books with more on the way. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.2em;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Title: The Teeny Tiny Ghost
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Author: Kay Winters
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Age Range: 4-8 years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Grade Level: Preschool-3
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lexile Measure: 670
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Paperback:32 pages
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Publisher:HarperCollins
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Language: English
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN-10: 0064435903
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">ISBN-13: 978-0064435901