Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour by Eve Bunting - Illustrated by Donald Carrick (1989)

This is the story of a young boy and his dog. The two are woken up one night by a frightening sound and go to investigate. After finding his parents missing, the boy walks downstairs with his dog to eventually find his parents asleep on the couch. All of the unexplained, frightening and mysterious things that occur are explained and all is well.

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