Once upon a tomb there was a ghost named Hank. His job was to clank a ball and chain round an old churchyard. This was a pretty grave place, and not much fun at all. In fact it was very lonely. Hank met some other ghosts, but they too were lonely. They longed to make friends with normal people, but whenever they tried, the people all said "Eeeek!" and ran away as fast as they could. Everybody was frightened of them. What were the ghosts to do? This is a very joky and unfrightening book written and illustrated with a great sense of ghoulish fun by a young and talented team.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1995 by Oxford University Press .

Chris Mould is an established illustrator and has sold internationally. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire. Michael Coleman is a long-standing author on the non-fiction list. As well as clocking up eleven books in his own Fould Football series, he has written titles for The Knowledge, notably Flaming Olympics, and Top Ten.