Lucy must say goodbye to some ghostly friends and find courage when moving to a new home.

Lucy is perfectly happy where she is—with her ghostly friends, her camera, and all the small wonders of her home. But when a “For Sale” sign appears in her front yard, Lucy’s world turns upside down. Saying goodbye is hard, especially when your best friends shimmer, glimmer, and twinkle. Through tears, turmoil, and one unforgettable final photo, Lucy learns that memories can travel, too. House for Sale is a tender, imaginative story about friendship, change, and the quiet courage it takes to let go. The illustrations shimmer with warmth and whimsy, capturing the bittersweet beauty of growing up and moving on.

Ester Reato collects magical teapots and is a poet, mental health social worker, and writer of children’s stories. Her story Willow’s Temperamental Wand was published in the collection, It’s a Kind of Magic, Stories and Spells by Second Rate Sorcerers. Her poem Apotheosis was published in the Spark to a Flame Journal. She lives in Eltham, Australia, with her dog Augustus and her cat Dimitri, near her grown kids and grandchildren. 

Elodie Gauche is a children’s book illustrator currently living in Nantes, France. Formerly an engineer, she studied illustration at Escola de la Dona in Barcelona, Spain, where she illustrated her first children’s books. She uses traditional media such as gouache and colored pencils and especially enjoys creating new characters and experimenting with colorful palettes.