Event Details
Get ready for spooky fun with delightfully creepy tales full of ghosts, giggles, mysterious houses, and Halloween surprises.
Event Details
Get ready for spooky fun with delightfully creepy tales full of ghosts, giggles, mysterious houses, and Halloween surprises.
Speakers for this event
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Brandon James Scott
Brandon James Scott
Brandon is an award-winning Canadian author & illustrator who makes picture books.His latest book, The Skeleton and the Cat is a National Indie Bestseller and is his author-Illustrator debut. It’s the first book in a series based on his Dead Cat personal art project. He’s the illustrator of over 15 other picture books.Brandon is also the creator of the Emmy Award–nominated Canadian preschool television series, Justin Time and is a creative director with 20 years’ experience in the animation industry.A born and raised Canadian, he lives with his wife and two children in Burlington, Ontario.
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Joel A. Sutherland
Joel A. Sutherland
Joel A. Sutherland is the Silver Birch and Hackmatack Award-winning author of numerous Haunted Canada books and the Red Maple Award Honour Book Summer’s End. His middle-grade fiction series, Haunted, has been praised by Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. Joel lives with his family in southeastern Ontario, where he works as a library manager and is always on the lookout for ghosts. Visit him online at www.joelasutherland.com.
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Sid Sharp
Sid Sharp
Sid Sharp is an Eisner-nominated author, illustrator, and bookseller of uncommon books. Their first book, The Wolf Suit, was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and has been translated into eight languages. Its beloved companion, Bog Myrtle, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Sid has been nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize and has been named a 2026 Sendak Fellow. Sid lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Books
Midnight Manor
Goodnight Moon meets the Addams Family in this deliciously backwards bedtime story and picture book debut by Eisner nominee Sid Sharp.
When the sun goes DOWN, it’s time to get UP at Midnight Manor! The unusual residents have a busy night counting the caterpillars on the curtains and playing drums with the banshees in the basement. Before they know it, the sun is rising–which means it’s finally time to say goodnight.
Midnight Manor is brimming with quirky characters and spooky scenarios in thoroughly domestic settings, from skeletons in the closet to bats in the laundry basket. Equal parts tribute to Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak, this timeless bedtime book in reverse will delight kids and adults alike with each luxurious page painted in Eisner-nominated artist Sid Sharp’s trademark lush style.
AuthorSid Sharp
PublisherAnnick Press
The Scariest House on the Street
Who are the people in THIS neighbourhood?
Willow and her little monster friends are taken aback when the old, abandoned house on Shivers Street is taken over by new occupants. It was their favourite place to play, but now it’s clean and tidy and the air smells like lemons. It’s terrifying! Things get even scarier when they’re invited to a Halloween party by their mysterious new neighbours, who just might be the spookiest monsters of all . . . humans!
Known for his beloved and spooky Haunted Canada series, Joel A. Sutherland is bringing his spellbinding storytelling to a younger audience with his debut picture book!
AuthorJoel A. Sutherland
PublisherScholastic Canada
The Skeleton and the Cat
The Skeleton and the Cat is a humorous and touching tale of the unexpected friendship that blossoms between a peaceful skeleton and a persistent cat. Told in five short and charming stories that will remind you of Frog and Toad.
Skeleton lives alone in lonesome bliss. She reads books, drinks tea, and tends to her garden. It’s simple and peaceful. Until, one day, a cat knocks on Skeleton’s door…
“Can I come in?” asks the Cat.
Readers and cat lovers of all ages will adore this surprising duo who is sure to convince you that skeletons are gardeners, cats tell good-ish jokes, and, together, they make the best of friends.
AuthorBrandon James Scott
PublisherHarperCollins Canada
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