Watch as authors Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver discuss the themes of Ghost Buddy and what it’s like writing together. With a special cameo from the Hoove!

Ghost Buddy Book 1: Zero to Hero

For students ages 8-12

Billy Broccoli just moved to a new neighborhood, started a new school, and wants to be cool more than anything.  Imagine his surprise when he settles in to his new bedroom and finds Hoover Porterhouse the Third, a ghost who has been dead for ninety-nine years!  When an obnoxious school bully sets out to demolish Billy, the Hoove comes up with a plan for revenge.  Billy and the Hoove have to stick together if Billy ever wants to get in style, get even, and conquer the school.

Photo by Alan BakerHenry Winkler is admired by audiences of all ages for his roles as the Fonz on the long-running series Happy Days, and in such films as Holes and The Waterboy.  He is also an award-winning producer and director of family and children’s programming, and the author (with Lin Oliver) of the critically acclaimed Hank Zipzer series.  He lives in Los Angeles, California.

Lin Oliver is a television producer and writer, and the Executive Director of the Society of Children’s Writers & Illustrators.  She co-authored (with Henry Winkler) the New York Times bestselling middle-grade series, Hank Zipzer: The World’s Greatest Underachiever and wrote the series Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?  Lin resides in Los Angles, California.

Click here to download the Ghost Buddy teaching guide that includes discussion questions and activities for your students.

Print out these ghostly activities for your students.  Kids can find their way through the Haunted House maze, solve the Ghostly Word Search, and write about a spooky encounter in the Writing Exercise.

• Haunted House Maze
• Ghostly Word Search
• Writing Exercise
• Answer Key

Book One: Zero to Hero
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Meet Billy Broccoli and his Ghost Buddy, Hoover Porterhouse the Third, aka the Hoove!  The Hoove helps Billy adjust to his new school and how to deal with the school bully.

Book Two: Mind if I Read Your Mind? – Coming July 2012

It's time for Moorepark Middle School's annual Speak Out Challenge, and Billy thinks he's got it made. With his best friend Hoover by his side, Billy's got the competition in the bag. Who wouldn't vote for a demonstration on mind reading?