Charlotte Gunnufson
children's book author
Spooky! Silly!
Back-to-school!
July 14, 2026
It's time to go back to school but...
What if classes are too tough,
with loads of tests and tricky stuff?
The question troubling you the most...
What if—yikes!—your school’s got
GHOSTS?
One child’s school scaries manifest as mischievous ghosts in this spirited spin on facing first-day fears.
The protagonist recruits peers to get the raucous ghosts in line by modeling best behavior and embracing the ghosts’ “awesome energy” as school spirit. A limited palette of black, gray, red, and white gives off a retro vibe suited to scenes of rosy cheeked human students, portrayed with various skin tones, enjoying story time with a group of attentive ravens and hovering ghosts. Channeling nervous energy into positive vibes, this offers a jolly relational game plan for tackling new-school-year jitters. Ages 4–8.