Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book
Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book book cover

Ghostbusters: A Paranormal Picture Book

Hardcover – Picture Book, September 7, 2021

Price
$14.99
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0762473571
Dimensions
9.45 x 0.6 x 10.35 inches
Weight
14.8 ounces

Description

About the Author

Features & Highlights

  • Join the Ghostbusters as they fight some ghoulish creatures in this kid-friendly official picture book adaptation of the classic film
  • Setting: New York City. Kid scientists Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler are investigating ghosts and other paranormal activity in the city. They see their first ghost (Slimer) in the NYC Public Library and that leads them to create the Ghostbusters, setting up their "club" in an old firehouse. Soon, business is booming as the kids are recruited to capture ghosts throughout the city. Winston Zeddemore and Janine Melnitz become the club’s first two important additions. But there is something sinister happening at an apartment building and the Ghostbusters must put a stop to it (and the Stay Puft marshmallow man) before the city is overrun with ghouls.

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

★★★★★
60%
(190)
★★★★
25%
(79)
★★★
15%
(48)
★★
7%
(22)
-7%
(-22)

Most Helpful Reviews

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Story is unintelligible

The illustrations are great, but the story is an incoherent bumbling mess. It almost seems as if my book is missing a dozen pages or so, but I have confirmed that is not the case. Waste of money.
4 people found this helpful
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Beautiful illustrations!

Book came in great condition. Really beautiful, magical illustrations set to a classic story!
4 people found this helpful
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Overreached

I want to like this book but it tries to sort of adapt and shove the entire movie (the original) into a short kids book and fails. Having seen the movie, I can follow what's going on, but it jumps all over the place and isn't an enjoyable read.
3 people found this helpful
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I wish it were missing pages…

…then at least there might be a fix. As it is, huge gaps make the story incoherent and incomprehensible if you haven’t seen the movie. If you have seen the movie, it will still disappoint you.
2 people found this helpful
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Great book for Ghostbuster fans!

Our four boys (12-2) love this book! We are pretty diehard when it comes to Ghostbusters, so it was fun to see them enjoy a different take on the classic movie.
2 people found this helpful
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The story has NO flow.

My 3 year old is OBSESSED with Ghostbusters. He was gifted this book for Christmas. It is now the end of March and I have had the unfortunate privelege of reading this book nearly EVERY single night since Christmas (minus a few days we were gone on vacation). Despite having read it literally over a hundred times, it is STILL an incoherent read. At one point, you almost think pages are out of order, but they are not. Then you think some pages are missing, but they are not. It's as if 10 different people brought a couple different pages to the table and they just put them all together. I am seriously shocked at the number of good reviews this book has. I only gave it 2 stars because the illustrations are cute, the main Ghostbusters concepts/characters are there, and my 3 year old freaking loves it. Seriously, what a poor excuse of a "story" this is. I could literally rewrite something that is more coherent and has some flow in 30 minutes -_-
2 people found this helpful
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A little different but fun

We enjoy this book, but it is about kids in school becoming ghostbusters and doesn't follow the movie like other books in the series.
2 people found this helpful
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My Ghostbusting son loves this

It's a fun book that breaks down the Ghostbusters theme in a way little kids can understand.
1 people found this helpful
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Happy boy

My 6 y.o. grandson loved this book. Big hit!
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GREAT for the Ghostbuster Fan

My husband is a DIE HARD ghostbuster fan...has been since 1980's...he has passed the love onto our son and they both LOVED this book. Very well written. Would recommend to anyone that loves the original Ghostbusters franchise.
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