Every few years there comes along a story so delightfully refreshing, but with such an overwhelming sense of déjà vu it feels like being introduced to an old friend. Come meet the Spoops in Spoops: The Little Spirits of Halloween! Arriving September 2, 2025, Spoops ​is the charming debut children’s book from celebrated voice actor and writer AJ LoCascio and illustrator Laurie A. Conley, published by the award-winning independent graphic novel publisher Top Shelf Productions. Destined to be an instant classic, Spoops is the empowering story of Holly Hollowell, a little girl obsessed with Halloween as “It’s the time when I’m most me!”

Young Holly Hollowell loves Halloween more than anything, but her dentist parents are totally against any event that promotes tooth-rotting sweets. While other kids trick-or-treat, Holly watches sadly from her window…until the Spoops arrive to turn things around! With their magical help, Holly can finally show her parents the true spirit of Halloween: not the candy, but the joy of expressing yourself, unleashing your imagination, and letting your spooky side soar! 

Presented in rhyming verse that recalls Dr. Seuss and “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” along with nostalgic illustrations in black, white, and orange, Spoops is an instantly timeless classic that places Halloween right alongside other beloved holidays.

Spoops: The Little Spirits of Halloween will be available wherever books are sold, as a full-color hardcover children’s book (ISBN: 9781603095617) as well as a digital edition, on September 2, 2025.