The Book of Frights for Spooky Nights - by Leisa Stewart-Sharpe (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Ghosts and ghouls, crypts and cryptids await you in The Book of Frights for Spooky Nights, the illustrated notes of a long-gone Ghost Hunter--a guru from beyond the grave who explored the world's scariest places" --

Book Synopsis

Ghosts and ghouls, crypts and cryptids await you in The Book of Frights for Spooky Nights, the illustrated notes of a long-gone Ghost Hunter--a guru from beyond the grave who explored the world's scariest places.

Step inside the cursed pages of a book that dares you to explore the world's most haunted places. From dodging the the seasick spirits aboard the Queen Mary in California to escaping the pharaoh's wrath in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, this chilling compendium blends real history with spine-tingling legend.

Turn each page to uncover:

• Seven featured haunted locations from across the globe, including the Queen Mary and the Ship of the Shadows in California, the Paris Catacombs, and Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard.
• Bitesize tales of the Ghost Hunter's travels to farflung places.
• Authentic historical research behind the myths, curses, and ghostly sightings.
• Hauntingly beautiful illustrations that bring every spooky setting to life.
• A glossary of ghostly terms and folklore for curious minds.

From treading the storied cemeteries of Edinburgh to dodging the Headless Horseman in Connecticut, these are adventures you wouldn't want to go on alone!

With hauntingly beautiful illustrations and a thrilling fact-or-fiction, book-within-a-book narrative, The Book of Frights for Spooky Nights is best read by the flickering light of a campfire, or a flashlight way past bedtime . . .

About the Author

Leisa Stewart-Sharpe is an author of children's non-fiction and picture books. Born in Bundaberg, Australia, Leisa grew up fascinated by wild places and even wilder animals. As an adult, Leisa brings that fascination to a wide array of children's books, taking in everything from chocolate to buried treasure and sharks to environmental activism. Her works include the companion books to the BBC's Blue Planet II, The Green Planet and Frozen Planet II, as well as Happy Stories for Animal Lovers (Ivy Kids, 2023) and The Comeback Creatures (Wide Eyed Editions, 2024). Leisa lives in England with her family.

Eva Sánchez Gómez was born in Puigcerdà, Spain. She graduated with her Fine Arts degree from University of Barcelona and focused on illustration in "Escola Francesca Bonnemaison" of "La Diputació de Barcelona". Her tender, grumpy, melancholic, funny, or ironic characters accompanied her all along this learning process. Since then, she has illustrated more than thirty novels and picture books for publishers from different countries. Three of her published books as illustrator have been part of the prestigious White Ravens list in 2020 and 2021.