How to Hunt a Ghost - A spooky lift-the-flap adventure

A brand-new lift-the-flap adventure series by best-selling picture book illustrator Mike Byrne.

The Ghost-pupsters are an enthusiastic dog squad dedicated to explaining supernatural mysteries. It's their busiest night of the year - Halloween - and they have been called to Miss Creaker's Midnight Manor to help solve her ghost problem.

In the Manor there are spooky sounds and even more scary silhouettes popping all over the place. Is that a giant bat behind the curtains? Is that a claw coming up from the couch? Or is all not as it seems... ?

Help the Ghost-pupsters hunt for ghosts and crack the mystery of why things are going bump in the night down at the Midnight Manor.

Also available in the series:
9781837250592 Santa's Lost His Suit (October 2026)

About the author

Mike Byrne grew up on the Wirral near Liverpool before moving to Wales to study Illustration at Glyndwr University. Mike now lives in the countryside with his wife, cat and his two sons where he spends his days doodling and illustrating children's books fuelled only by tea and biscuits. He is the illustrator of Does a Bear Poo in the Woods? and Which Bum's Mum's?, as well as numerous picture books for Scholastic and Macmillan Children's Books.Evie Winterwood is a children’s books writer and editor living in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Passionate about exploring new ways to tell stories, she enjoys experimenting across formats – from lift-the-flap books and picture books to interactive board books and activity books.

Summary

A brand-new lift-the-flap adventure series by best-selling picture book illustrator Mike Byrne, with ghosts lurking behind the flaps and a spooky mystery to solve along the way …

Product details

• Authors: Mike Byrne, Evie Winterwood
• Assisted by: Mike Byrne (Illustration)
• Publisher: O'Mara M.
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 10.09.2026
• EAN: 9781837250585
• ISBN: 978-1-83725-058-5
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 250 mm x 5 mm
• Weight: 285 g
• Illustrations: Full colour
• Series: Buster Lift-The-Flap
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Creativity; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, Holidays & seasonal interest, Interactive & activity books & packs, Hallowe’en, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 3 years, Hallowe'en, Hallowe’en / Halloween