The Ghost-Eye Tree

Title: The Ghost-Eye Tree
Authors: Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrated by: Ted Rand
Genre: Poetry

This is a cute story that was written as if it were 100 years ago or so. There is a family that lives down a road and the mother asks the son and daughter to walk to the end of the road to get some milk from the milk man. However, to get to the milk man you have to pass the ghost-eyed tree. The sister does not believe the brother that there is really a ghost tree so she convinces him that it is all fine. The brother has a hat on that the sister says looks stupid on hm, but he likes it. On their way home the ghost-eyed tree comes to life and reaches out for the two kids with its branches, and the kids run away to make an escape!

While escaping from the ghost-eyed tree the spill a lot of milk and the brother lost his hat, the sister kicks into protection mode and to keep their mother from worrying they fill the half-filled milk up with water and then she runs back into danger to find the boys hat for him, even though she did not like the hat on him.

This story is a good one to read to the kids because it shows courage, bravery and love! Those are things that are needed in little children and it happens to be a tough lesson to learn.