The Ghost Catcher: A Bengali Folktale

by Martha Hamilton, Mitch Weiss, Kristen Balouch, et al.

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A barber in Bengal is so generous to others that sometimes he has nothing left for his own family. When he comes home empty-handed once again, his wife, tired of going hungry, sends him packing until he finds a way to feed the family. As the barber rests under a banyan tree he is terrorized by a ghost. Through his cleverness, though, he turns the frightening encounter into a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874838355
• ISBN13: 9780874838350
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3