HAZEL AND THE SPOOKY SEASON

SEPTEMBER 2023

★ 2023 Northern Lights Book Award Winner (Best Holiday Book)

There is nothing Hazel loves more than autumn, the spookiest season. But why doesn’t anyone else seem to care?

When nobody in her town seems to share her love of the spooky season, Hazel is left feeling alienated, alone, and unable to express herself. Everything changes when Hazel receives a visit from Ronnie Pumpkinseed, a supernatural pumpkin-headed ambassador for all things spooky. Ronnie teaches Hazel a special word for what she feels inside—Halloween!—and helps Hazel find the courage to be herself and follow her heart, even when it’s scary.

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ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Jess Mason is a children's book illustrator from Worcestershire, England—the original home of hobbits! With inspirations including folk art, medieval manuscripts, nature, and film, Jess crafts nuanced, atmospheric, and characterful worlds to which readers will strive to return time and again. Her children's books include Just a Girl from HarperCollins and Who Owns the Woods? from Little Tiger Books.