The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise
By: Riel Nason, Byron Eggenschwiler (Illustrator)
Genre: Children’s
Number of Pages: 48 
Published: August 26, 2025
Publisher: Tundra Books
Dates Read: August 18, 2025
Format: ARC / eBook

Little ghost quilt loves being out in the cold, with the thickness of his patches, he doesn’t overheat – especially when it starts snowing. But his friends, who are sheets, get too cold and freeze in the winter weather and have to stay inside. Little ghost quilt doesn’t mind drifting around on his own, but sometimes he does miss his friends.

One day, little ghost quilt sees something bright and sparkling in town. Upon further investigation, he sees people are putting up twinkling lights and warm festivities are in the air – it’s almost like Halloween, but with snowmen instead of pumpkins, and presents instead of buckets of candy. He is filled with excitement, but he really wants his friends to see.

On his way home, little ghost quilt gets caught in a blizzard and after getting snagged in a tree, he is struck by inspiration.

I went into this children’s book, not having read the first book but was immediately caught by the illustration on the cover.

It’s such a cute book about something that’s typically meant for Halloween, finding out about Christmas. As someone who tends to keep Halloween decorations up year around anyway, this just makes me smile even more. What’s more is that little ghost quilt shows a lot of empathy for his friends and thinking creatively on how to share something new for them.

Overall, this is an adorable book for children about the joys of winter festivities that I think adults would also enjoy for the cute illustrations.

*Thank you Tundra Books and NetGalley for an advance digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review