Aggie and the Ghost

 
★ 文學網站LitHub評選，2025年最值得期待的兒童讀物！
 
　　皮膚白皙，留著短短頭髮的Aggie興奮地搬進了自己的森林小屋，沒想到新家竟然附贈了一位不速之客：一個獨眼鬼。
 
　　獨眼鬼並不可怕，只是很有「存在感」，不但到處跟著Aggie，還打破Aggie設下的每一條家規：晚上不准出沒、不准偷襪子、不准吃光起司！
 
　　當Aggie跑到森林裡想喘一口氣時，獨眼鬼居然也跟來了！生氣的Aggie於是挑戰獨眼鬼，展開一場井字棋大戰，較量看看誰比較厲害，贏的人就可以獨占整間屋子！沒想到兩人居然實力相當……
 
　　正當Aggie以為接下來要長期抗戰時，獨眼鬼居然消失了。Aggie以為自己會很開心，但為什麼卻有一點小小的失落感？
 
　　插畫家Matthew Forsythe以招牌的水彩、廣告顏料和彩色鉛筆，為書中角色和場景注入豐富的情感與獨特魅力。詭異又滑稽的獨眼鬼有著豐富多變的有趣造型，讓讀者翻頁時驚喜連連，急著發現獨眼鬼的下一個變身造型。結局出人意料又溫柔有趣，也為孩子帶來細膩的思考空間。

A LitHub Most Anticipated Children’s Book of 2025

＂A subtle, sweet friendship story from a true original.＂ --Booklist (starred review)

From Matthew Forsythe, the creator of the acclaimed and beloved Pokko and the Drum, comes a surprising and pleasing picture book about rules. And sharing. And an epic game of tic-tac-toe.

Aggie is very excited to live on her own--until she finds out her new house is haunted. But no fear, the situation is nothing that can’t be fixed with a carefully considered list of rules: No haunting after dark. No stealing socks. No eating all the food.

But the ghost doesn’t like playing by the rules and challenges Aggie to an epic game of tic-tac-toe--winner gets the house.

Matthew Forsythe is the author-illustrator of Pokko and the Drum, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a recipient of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. He is also an illustrator for animated films and television. His credits include Adventure Time, The Midnight Gospel, and Robin Robin, a stop-motion animated musical from Aardman Animations and Netflix. Visit him at ComingUpforAir.net.