{"id":1940,"date":"2026-10-19T19:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:18:23","slug":"the-ghost-who-was-afraid-of-everything-written-and-illustrated-by-nadia-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/?p=1940","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything written and illustrated by Nadia Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You won’t want to miss Dr. Toughlove’s review of The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything, <\/em><\/strong>a tale with a Halloween twist! Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy Halloween! Dr. Toughlove has fond memories of going door to door in her neighborhood as a young girl, and coming home with lots of candy, pennies, and in some rare cases, caramel apples. So, she thought October was the ideal time to review a children\u2019s picture book entitled The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything<\/em><\/strong>, written and illustrated by Nadia Ahmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protagonist, Finn, is a ghost who, for some inexplicable reason, is afraid of everything. The thought of going trick-or-treating with his family throws him into a panic. Finn thinks that \u201cHumans are frightening. They make loud noises. Then run from house to house and shout trick-or-treat\u201d(p. 3). Finn\u2019s siblings try to encourage him to participate, to no avail. He simply can\u2019t bring himself to break free of his fear until\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026his siblings, who share their trick-or-treat goodies with him, forgot to save him some chocolate bats. Finn is despondent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Toughlove doesn\u2019t want to reveal the entire story, but she can share that Finn devised a systematic plan to overcome his fear of Halloween. Nadia Ahmed created a story that has Finn taking baby steps to achieve his goal. Using descriptive language and white and black illustrations dotted with bright colors, the reader is treated to a series of activities over the course of a year that help Finn overcome his unease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of overcoming anxiety is embedded in every word and illustration. Nadia Ahmed masterfully leads the reader down a path towards building inner strength and self-esteem. Finn ventures out into the world with more confidence as the story unfolds. Dr. Toughlove suggests that readers use this book as a springboard to talk about conquering any fears their listeners might have. By using Halloween as a backdrop, and discussing Finn\u2019s systematic approach, the possibilities to problem solve how to overcome fears\/discomforting situations are endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything,<\/em><\/strong> written and illustrated by Nadia Ahmed is suggested for readers aged 4-7 and can be found at your local library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You won’t want to miss Dr. Toughlove’s review of The Ghost Who Was Afraid of Everything, a tale with a Halloween twist! Enjoy! Happy Halloween! Dr. Toughlove has fond memories of going door to door in her neighborhood as a young girl, and coming home with lots of candy, pennies, and in some rare cases, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1942,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1940\/revisions\/1942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolfranksrandall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}