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There’s a Ghost in This House
A captivating new picture book with interactive transparent pages, from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers.
Hello, come in.
Maybe you can help me?
A young girl lives in a haunted house, but has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? She’d love to know! Step inside and turn the transparent pages to help her on an entertaining ghost hunt, from behind the sofa, right up to the attic. With lots of friendly ghost surprises and incredible mixed media illustrations, this unique and funny book will entertain young readers over and over again
Hello, come in.
Maybe you can help me?
A young girl lives in a haunted house, but has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? She’d love to know! Step inside and turn the transparent pages to help her on an entertaining ghost hunt, from behind the sofa, right up to the attic. With lots of friendly ghost surprises and incredible mixed media illustrations, this unique and funny book will entertain young readers over and over again
44 pages, Hardcover
First published September 14, 2021
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About the author
Oliver Jeffers
101 books2,772 followersOliver Jeffers' work takes many forms. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, and HarperCollins UK and Penguin USA publish his award-winning picture books, now translated into over 30 languages.
In 2007, Jeffers was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and in 2008 Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London-based Studio AKA.
Jeffers won a NY Emmy in 2010 for his collaborative work with the artist and director Mac Premo, and in 2013 Jeffers co-directed the video for U2's Ordinary Love with Premo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
In 2007, Jeffers was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and in 2008 Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London-based Studio AKA.
Jeffers won a NY Emmy in 2010 for his collaborative work with the artist and director Mac Premo, and in 2013 Jeffers co-directed the video for U2's Ordinary Love with Premo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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February 28, 2022
As a horror fan and a parent of a four year old I run into the occasional problem. My daughter will see me reading a book and ask if I can read it to her or at least tell her what it is about. "No, I'm sorry, but I really do not wish to traumatize you" is not a satisfactory answer, so we usually avoid the topic as much as possible. That said, whenever I find a "spooky" children's book, I have to see if she will enjoy it and thus share with her something I love in a not so scary fashion. Thus why I picked this up as a blind buy hoping it would be something she liked...
Well now, I officially have a new favorite children's book. The book follows a little girl who has been living in her house for a very long time and is convinced there is a ghost. She asks you to follow her and tell her if you see one. There are many ghosts in the house though, maybe more than you'll notice in your first read through.
This is a brilliantly done picture book with a genius design. On the left side of the pages is a picture of the mansion with text on the right page, but you will notice quickly that there is a thin clear page between the two that when turned reveals the ghost(s) of the mansion page.
This one absolutely delighted my daughter who loved seeing the ghosts "appear" as we read. She loved how the ghosts are playful (jumping on a bed or hiding from the girl and laughing) rather than scary. While there's not a lot of story to this, it's so playful and fun that I found myself smiling to.
It's also a lot cleverer than some give it credit for and for this I actually have to get out the spoiler tags.
Yes, this is a rare example of a picture book that I honestly think couldn't be any better than it is. A rare 5/5 stars.
Well now, I officially have a new favorite children's book. The book follows a little girl who has been living in her house for a very long time and is convinced there is a ghost. She asks you to follow her and tell her if you see one. There are many ghosts in the house though, maybe more than you'll notice in your first read through.
This is a brilliantly done picture book with a genius design. On the left side of the pages is a picture of the mansion with text on the right page, but you will notice quickly that there is a thin clear page between the two that when turned reveals the ghost(s) of the mansion page.
This one absolutely delighted my daughter who loved seeing the ghosts "appear" as we read. She loved how the ghosts are playful (jumping on a bed or hiding from the girl and laughing) rather than scary. While there's not a lot of story to this, it's so playful and fun that I found myself smiling to.
It's also a lot cleverer than some give it credit for and for this I actually have to get out the spoiler tags.
Yes, this is a rare example of a picture book that I honestly think couldn't be any better than it is. A rare 5/5 stars.
October 24, 2025
A picture book by Oliver Jeffers that has a few things to recommend it, though trying to find ghosts in a vacant house is by no means original; 1) it is drawn by Jeffers, and yeah, he's good; 2) the ghosts can be found for the most part on transparencies throughout; 3) Jeffers used pages from a book depicting an old mansion for the book, I liked that, and 4) the girl that cluelessly leads us on her hunt for ghosts and never sees them (but every kid can! yay! we win!) seems rather ghost-like herself. . . . hmm. . . a Halloween book for littl'uns!
November 1, 2025
Fun interactive book about a haunted house. A little girl takes you through the rooms and a transparent page that has 'images' of ghost between the pages then appears on each page! Very clever way of making the ghosts 'haunt' the rooms; small children will enjoy this trick! This is a great Halloween book!
October 30, 2023
This was so adorable and heartwarming and gahhhhh. Children picture books >>>>> I love being a librarian and getting to read these during my breaks.
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September 25, 2021As always, Oliver Jeffers DELIVERS.
This is a gorgeous, mixed-media picture book, with illustrations added to photographs of an old-timey Victorian-style mansion, with somewhat transparent overlay pages that encourage a rather pantomime like reading experience.
The main character spends her times looking for ghosts in her house, and the reader can look at places in the image where they think ghosts might be hiding, before turning the overlay and discovering their hiding spots. This encourages an interactive reading experience, with young readers wanting to call out "they're BEHIND you" as the character searches high and low for ghosts.
As an artist, I love the style of using found media and adding a story to it.
This is a gorgeous, mixed-media picture book, with illustrations added to photographs of an old-timey Victorian-style mansion, with somewhat transparent overlay pages that encourage a rather pantomime like reading experience.
The main character spends her times looking for ghosts in her house, and the reader can look at places in the image where they think ghosts might be hiding, before turning the overlay and discovering their hiding spots. This encourages an interactive reading experience, with young readers wanting to call out "they're BEHIND you" as the character searches high and low for ghosts.
As an artist, I love the style of using found media and adding a story to it.
October 17, 2024
وا اَسَفا که این کتابو نمیشه ای-بوکی و دیجیتالی تجربه کرد.
کتاب بعد از هر صفحهٔ تصویری یه صفحه شفاف داره که وقتی روی صفحه قبل قرار میگیره ارواح روی تصویر ظاهر میشن. ایده اوریجینالی نیست البته. داست جَکِت کتاب هم سفید رنگه و دو تا سوراخ داره درست مثل ملحفه هایی که سوراخ چشم براشون درست میکنن تا «روح» سرگردانو به تصویر بکشن.
از نظر تصویر سازی این کتاب هیچشباهتی به کارهای قبلی جفرز نداره: از عکس استفاده شده و بعد نقاشی دختر بچه روی عکس ظاهر شده. به نظرم اشاره داره به فیلم های found footage .
کتاب کودک پسندیه فکر کنم.
کتاب بعد از هر صفحهٔ تصویری یه صفحه شفاف داره که وقتی روی صفحه قبل قرار میگیره ارواح روی تصویر ظاهر میشن. ایده اوریجینالی نیست البته. داست جَکِت کتاب هم سفید رنگه و دو تا سوراخ داره درست مثل ملحفه هایی که سوراخ چشم براشون درست میکنن تا «روح» سرگردانو به تصویر بکشن.
از نظر تصویر سازی این کتاب هیچشباهتی به کارهای قبلی جفرز نداره: از عکس استفاده شده و بعد نقاشی دختر بچه روی عکس ظاهر شده. به نظرم اشاره داره به فیلم های found footage .
کتاب کودک پسندیه فکر کنم.
November 3, 2021
LAST OF SPOOKTOBER READS!!!
October 9, 2023
This is not a book. This is a piece of art.
Kudos to the creators for meticulously piecing this together.
Kids Book. Unique. Cute horror. Nice illustrations. Big sized. Excellent publishing quality. Impeccable.
Only wish it had more than just a few words; a better story - which seems to have vanished like a ghost!
Overall: The kind of art which makes for a good Halloween gift. Not for seasonal readers.
Kudos to the creators for meticulously piecing this together.
Kids Book. Unique. Cute horror. Nice illustrations. Big sized. Excellent publishing quality. Impeccable.
Only wish it had more than just a few words; a better story - which seems to have vanished like a ghost!
Overall: The kind of art which makes for a good Halloween gift. Not for seasonal readers.
November 6, 2021
How can you not love this book? I had so much fun with my 7 y.o turning pages after pages. I love the idea of the author using trace/oil paper that when you flipped the page onto the fully printed one, you can see the ghost silhouette.
But I hope my son don't get the idea there's actually that kind of ghosts around him! hahaha 🤣
But I hope my son don't get the idea there's actually that kind of ghosts around him! hahaha 🤣
November 7, 2021
This was adorable, beautiful, and super fun for kids to find the ghosts! The transparent overlays were such a unique and clever way to reveal the hiding spirits who were very cute and not at all scary. I was totally charmed!
November 4, 2021
Great format (hence the third star) and illustrations but the story was really thin (almost nonexistent). Sad to rate a book by Jeffers so low. Sigh.
November 25, 2022
Imposible no sonreír mientras vas pasando las páginas! Cortito pero bello ♥️
November 14, 2023
Younger Chaz who wanted to be a ghost hunter definitely needed this book🤭
November 14, 2023
No doubt if this book was around when I was a kid it would’ve been my entire personality.
January 12, 2023
A wonderful book about a girl who believes ghosts exists, but never seen one, will we see one on our trip through her house?
Oliver Jeffers is back and I could finally read this book that I had been eyeing since it came out shakes fist at Amazon and hugs her library for having the book in Dutch in November
In this fun book we are visiting a little girl who thinks that her big old mansion is haunted… yet she never has seen a ghost. So is there a ghost? Well, yes, girl there is a ghost! And done in a wonderful creative way! You know those translucent pages you often get in books for your photographs? Well, you got them here as well. On the normal page we follow the girl as she tells us about her house, tells us about the sounds she hears or the weird things happening. And then if you put that gorgeous translucent page over that normal page. BOOM ghost or ghosts. Staring through banisters. Hiding under the bed when our girl gets near. Rattling some chains. And more. It was just such a delight. One page normal and then boom it is paranormal. While you would think that you can easily spot the ghosts on the translucent page, that really depends on your light. For most I didn’t see them until they got closer to the page and that was definitely fun! That made it all the more a surprise. And I had so much fun seeing our girl talk about wanting to see the ghosts, wondering about the haunting, and then see the ghosts do their thing.
Each page was just a delight and I laughed, giggled, and wish I could just step in. Maybe as a ghost or maybe as the visitor. I think both would be fun. XD
I loved the illustrations and I loved that they were done on photographs/adverts from stuff. It really made for a fun experience. The ghosts were really nicely drawn, I loved how they looked.
The ending and the fact it went even to the endpapers was just A-plus plus plus. I had not expected the story to end like this (but had hoped for it) and then it even goes further. I laughed and I love it!
All in all, Oliver Jeffers did it again! I got this book from the library but I will definitely be buying the book for my own collection because this is just way too fun and allows for plenty of re-reads! I would highly recommend this book to all!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
Oliver Jeffers is back and I could finally read this book that I had been eyeing since it came out shakes fist at Amazon and hugs her library for having the book in Dutch in November
In this fun book we are visiting a little girl who thinks that her big old mansion is haunted… yet she never has seen a ghost. So is there a ghost? Well, yes, girl there is a ghost! And done in a wonderful creative way! You know those translucent pages you often get in books for your photographs? Well, you got them here as well. On the normal page we follow the girl as she tells us about her house, tells us about the sounds she hears or the weird things happening. And then if you put that gorgeous translucent page over that normal page. BOOM ghost or ghosts. Staring through banisters. Hiding under the bed when our girl gets near. Rattling some chains. And more. It was just such a delight. One page normal and then boom it is paranormal. While you would think that you can easily spot the ghosts on the translucent page, that really depends on your light. For most I didn’t see them until they got closer to the page and that was definitely fun! That made it all the more a surprise. And I had so much fun seeing our girl talk about wanting to see the ghosts, wondering about the haunting, and then see the ghosts do their thing.
Each page was just a delight and I laughed, giggled, and wish I could just step in. Maybe as a ghost or maybe as the visitor. I think both would be fun. XD
I loved the illustrations and I loved that they were done on photographs/adverts from stuff. It really made for a fun experience. The ghosts were really nicely drawn, I loved how they looked.
The ending and the fact it went even to the endpapers was just A-plus plus plus. I had not expected the story to end like this (but had hoped for it) and then it even goes further. I laughed and I love it!
All in all, Oliver Jeffers did it again! I got this book from the library but I will definitely be buying the book for my own collection because this is just way too fun and allows for plenty of re-reads! I would highly recommend this book to all!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
February 7, 2023
“Hallo. Kom maar binnen.
Ik heb al een tijdje geen bezoek meer gehad.
Misschien kun je me helpen?”
Een klassiek spookverhaal over een huis waar het misschien spookt, heel misschien hoor, want het hoofdpersonage heeft nog nooit een spook gezien. “Ik weet eigenlijk niet eens goed hoe een spook eruitziet.”
Het spookt in dit huis is een nieuw prentenboek van de altijd fantastische Oliver Jeffers. Waar foto’s uit een klassiek voelend landhuis gecombineerd worden met doorzichtige bladzijdes waar de leukste spookjes op getekend staan. Een knap metafictioneel boek waar niet de voorlezer of het verhaal, maar de luisteraar een grote rol speelt.
Ik heb al een tijdje geen bezoek meer gehad.
Misschien kun je me helpen?”
Een klassiek spookverhaal over een huis waar het misschien spookt, heel misschien hoor, want het hoofdpersonage heeft nog nooit een spook gezien. “Ik weet eigenlijk niet eens goed hoe een spook eruitziet.”
Het spookt in dit huis is een nieuw prentenboek van de altijd fantastische Oliver Jeffers. Waar foto’s uit een klassiek voelend landhuis gecombineerd worden met doorzichtige bladzijdes waar de leukste spookjes op getekend staan. Een knap metafictioneel boek waar niet de voorlezer of het verhaal, maar de luisteraar een grote rol speelt.
November 7, 2022
μικρά φαντάσματα που πίνουν τσάι σε διάφανο χαρτί. ό,τι ακριβώς χρειαζόμουν. 🫖
October 5, 2022
Τι να πρωτοπεί κανείς για τον Oliver Jeffers;
Στο νέο του έργο ο βραβευμένος εικαστικός καλλιτέχνης χρησιμοποιεί ως καμβά μια σειρά από μαυρόασπρες φωτογραφίες ενός αρχοντικού του 18ου αιώνα· εικόνες που τον εμπνέουν να χτίσει ζωγραφικά έναν ιδιαίτερο κόσμο φαντασμάτων ακροβατώντας ανάμεσα στο μυστήριο και το παιχνίδι.
Το αποτέλεσμα είναι μια ιδιαίτερη αναγνωστική εμπειρία με διαδραστικές, διαφανείς σελίδες που φανερώνουν τα φαντάσματα σε κάθε σημείο του αρχοντικού και ενθουσιάζουν κάθε ηλικία.
Στο νέο του έργο ο βραβευμένος εικαστικός καλλιτέχνης χρησιμοποιεί ως καμβά μια σειρά από μαυρόασπρες φωτογραφίες ενός αρχοντικού του 18ου αιώνα· εικόνες που τον εμπνέουν να χτίσει ζωγραφικά έναν ιδιαίτερο κόσμο φαντασμάτων ακροβατώντας ανάμεσα στο μυστήριο και το παιχνίδι.
Το αποτέλεσμα είναι μια ιδιαίτερη αναγνωστική εμπειρία με διαδραστικές, διαφανείς σελίδες που φανερώνουν τα φαντάσματα σε κάθε σημείο του αρχοντικού και ενθουσιάζουν κάθε ηλικία.
December 11, 2025
Delightfully spooky and unique. I loved the medium mixture of the animation overlapping the antique photography.🖤
March 10, 2023
Everything about this is wonderful. The house is perfect, the transparent ghost pages are genius. I just love it. I know a picture book is really good when I want to rip it up to frame pages
October 10, 2022
What a jewel this picture book by Oliver Jeffers is! A blue-haired girl laments that she has lived a long time in what everyone says is a haunted house, and, yet, she’s seen no ghosts! She’s looked and looked, and yet….
Thanks to Jeffers’ cleverness and some transparent pages, readers will see the mischievous but cute specters who delight in hiding just out of the little girl’s sight. You’ll even catch some of them teeheeing about their playful prank! Kids will adore this book, but their grownups will appreciate the book’s wizardry even more.
Thanks to Jeffers’ cleverness and some transparent pages, readers will see the mischievous but cute specters who delight in hiding just out of the little girl’s sight. You’ll even catch some of them teeheeing about their playful prank! Kids will adore this book, but their grownups will appreciate the book’s wizardry even more.
April 25, 2023
Me gusta mucho Jeffers pero este álbum me ha sabido a poco. A nivel gráfico está bien con su combinación de fotografía, dibujo y las apariciones de los fantasmas a través de páginas transparentes. Pero la historia, a pesar del giro final que se insinúa, es demasiado sencilla. Y diréis: es un álbum para niños. Pues sí, por eso hay que dar más. Y Jeffers casi siempre lo da.
November 14, 2021
This is such a creative book!! I adore the art style and the transparent paper revealing the ghosts it’s so cute 🥰
5 stars
5 stars
January 1, 2022
Goofy ghosts float through the pages of Oliver Jeffers' new multimedia adventure.
April 29, 2022
Do I...do I wanna do a cute ghost-themed storytime????
December 5, 2021
well that was a perfectly charming treat of a book
July 29, 2025
Fun! Loved the ghosts.
June 4, 2023
This book is adorable, such a creative idea 🖤
January 20, 2022
ghosts ghosts ghosts ghosts oOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo spooky ghosts
October 17, 2021
Oliver Jeffers ingeniously uses vellum throughout this book as a way to overlay pages so that, in a brilliant use of dramatic irony, the reader sees the ghosts but the main character does not. I can’t wait to read this one to my students.
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