The Elevator Ghost

When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories.

Glen Huser’s novels include Touch of the Clown (shortlisted for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award), Stitches (winner of the Governor General’s Award) and Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award). A former teacher-librarian in Edmonton, Glen has taught writing for children at the University of British Columbia. He recently explored his passion for musical theater in Time for Flowers, Time for Snow, a picture-book retelling of the myth of Demeter and Persephone (with a CD featuring a 180-voice children’s chorus).

Stacy Innerst is an acclaimed artist and illustrator of children’s books. His picture books have been awarded a BCCB Blue Ribbon Picture Book Award as well as a Parents’ Choice Gold Medal and have been selected for recognition by the Society of Illustrators, the Smithsonian and the Junior Library Guild. Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. His paintings and prints have been exhibited widely in the US and abroad.