Little Ghost is very sleepy. She looks everywhere for a bed to sleep:in a house, in a barn, on a boat – even on the moon. But everyone everywhere is too afraid of ghosts to let her in! Until the little ghost finds a very special place …A heartwarming tale about belonging.
About the Author and Illustrator:
Erika McGann grew up in Drogheda, County Louth, and now lives in Dublin. She is the author of The Demon Notebook, winner of the Waverton Good Read Children’s Award, The Broken Spell, The Watching Wood and The Midnight Carnival, the ‘Cass and the Bubble Street Gang’ series, Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World and The Strange Tale of Barnabus Kwerk. She has also written thirteen picture books, including the bestselling ‘Puffling’ series, illustrated by Ger Daly; Run Home, Little Fox, winner of Children’s Book of the Year (Junior) at the Irish Book Awards, and its follow-up Swim, Little Otter with Tom McCaughren and illustrated by Shannon Bergin; and Nowhere for a Ghost to Sleep, illustrated by Clive McFarland.
Clive was raised in County Tyrone before studying art in Derry and Liverpool. His first and second picture books were both shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards and One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me! was chosen for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Clive’s clients include HarperCollins, Penguin US, Templar, Froebel, and Marks & Spencer. He lives in Northern Ireland.
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Date Published: 14/09/2026
Paperback, 32 pgs.
ISBN: 9781788496124
Little Ghost is very sleepy. She looks everywhere for a bed to sleep:in a house, in a barn, on a boat – even on the moon. But everyone everywhere is too afraid of ghosts to let her in! Until the little ghost finds a very special place …A heartwarming tale about belonging.
About the Author and Illustrator:
Erika McGann grew up in Drogheda, County Louth, and now lives in Dublin. She is the author of The Demon Notebook, winner of the Waverton Good Read Children’s Award, The Broken Spell, The Watching Wood and The Midnight Carnival, the ‘Cass and the Bubble Street Gang’ series, Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World and The Strange Tale of Barnabus Kwerk. She has also written thirteen picture books, including the bestselling ‘Puffling’ series, illustrated by Ger Daly; Run Home, Little Fox, winner of Children’s Book of the Year (Junior) at the Irish Book Awards, and its follow-up Swim, Little Otter with Tom McCaughren and illustrated by Shannon Bergin; and Nowhere for a Ghost to Sleep, illustrated by Clive McFarland.
Clive was raised in County Tyrone before studying art in Derry and Liverpool. His first and second picture books were both shortlisted for the AOI World Illustration Awards and One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count with Me! was chosen for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Clive’s clients include HarperCollins, Penguin US, Templar, Froebel, and Marks & Spencer. He lives in Northern Ireland.
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Date Published: 14/09/2026
Paperback, 32 pgs.
ISBN: 9781788496124
