👻GILBERT AND THE GHOST has been nominated for a Keystone to Reading Literacy Award! 👻
Students across the state of PA will read & vote for their favorites!
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @amynielsen.bsky.social #kidlit #gilbertandtheghost #KSLA #bookawards #literacy #reading #educators #PATeachers

Local friends - Here's where I'll be in March! 🍀🌈
For more info and updates on my whereabouts, visit www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...
#authorlife #AuthorEvent #kidlit #booksforkids #bookevent #childrensbooks #gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday #library #literacymatters #literacy

Where I'll be this month:

More details and other upcoming event info here: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...

#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #authorevent #storytime #bookevent #localauthor #library #shoplocal #indiebookstore #reading #gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday

📚👻 I love when friends share photos of my books "in the wild!" Ann spotted GILBERT & THE GHOST on display (face out!!) with these wonderful books at Malibu Village Bookstore! TY both! #kidlit #booklove #kidsbooks #indiebooks #reading #readingcommunity #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

I had a great time at KSLA yesterday chatting with Pennsylvania language arts educators!
#KSLA #educators #teachers #literacy #literacymatters #gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday #authorevent #literacyconference

Do you write for children? 📚
Do you write spooky stories? 👻
Listen to @kdzpodcast.bsky.social podcast or watch the most recent episode on YouTube for tips on how to write a spooktacular kid's book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-n...
#KidLit #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

📚If you're not in a candy coma you can find me at the Barnes & Noble (Exton) Sat, Nov 1 @11 AM for story time & signing. Gilbert & the Ghost is not just for Halloween, it's for anyone who feels unseen! 👻
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#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

🎃👻KID'S TRUNK OR TREAT💀🧙‍♀️
Reading, Signing, Fun Tricks-or-Treats
w/Authors Laura Parnum & Heather Stigall
SUN, 10/26, 11 AM
Barnes & Noble, 425 Marketplace Blvd, Hamilton, NJ

#kidlit #authorevent #trickortreat #Halloween #spookyseason #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

📚10/18 I'll be at B&N, Wyomissing as the featured author for the Keystone State Lit Assoc BVFs Book Fair!
I'll read GILBERT & THE GHOST, doing a craft & signing books from 12 - 2 (fair will be 9-9). Copies of my books for sale!
#gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

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📚👻What a nice surprise to read my daily bookshop.org email & see GILBERT & THE GHOST list as a recommended Spooky Season "Kids Must Read" title!
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #spookyseason #booksforkids #childrensbooks #picturebook
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📚Book & #SpookySeason Fans:👻
@lauraparnum.bsky.social Matthew Sorrento, S.W. Lynch & I will be @ Inkwood Books + Tarot Readings by Megan Atwood!
Night Market 10/24 5 - 9 PM
www.inkwoodnj.com/events/36247...
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #BookstoreEvent

📚This Sat, 10/18, I'll be at B&N (Wyomissing, PA) for the Keystone State Literacy Association's (Brandywine Valley Forge) Annual Book Fair from 12-2 🍂
Reading, Crafts, Book Signing 👻🐰
Fair 9 - 9. Come support a great cause!
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #KSLA

I had a great time sharing Gilbert & the Ghost with all who came to my Story Time events this week at @easttownlibrary.bsky.social & @barnesandnoble.com (Devon). Thanks for hosting me!
#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #storytime #ghoststories #picturebooks #authorevent #booksforkids

🗓️ NEXT Sat, 10/18, I'll be at the Barnes & Noble in Wyomissing, PA as part of KSLA BVF's Annual Book Fair! 📚
I'm honored they asked me to help promote this great cause!
I'll be reading GILBERT & THE GHOST and doing a ghostly craft from 12:00 - 2:00. 👻
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost

Six Questions with Heather Stigall Heather Stigall uses her experience with children and her degrees in Child Development, Psychology-based Human Relations, and Social Work to create stories that speak to kids, including the picture bo...

I'm on Mary Boone's blog today talking about my process and Gilbert and the Ghost. Check it out!

@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #author #kidlit #writer #amwriting

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📚👻Local Friends, I'll be in 2 spots this wk:
📕Easttown Library in Berwyn, PA
Wed, 10/8 at 6 PM

📘Barnes & Noble (Devon, PA)
Sat, 10/11 at 11 AM

I'd love to see you there! You might even see a ghost! 👻
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #picturebooks #authorevent #storytime

Local to Berwyn, PA?
Join me next Wed, 10/8 at 6 PM for a STORY TIME & CRAFT night at @easttownlibrary.bsky.social
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Sign up here: ccls.libcal.com/event/15210785

#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost #localauthorevent #library @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

Trick or Treat with Heather Pierce Stigall! Hi readers, writers, and ghastly ghosts, too! We're thrilled to celebrate another day of fall with a must-read for the season. Author Heather Pierce Stigall is here today to share her newly released b...

🎊 GIVEAWAY ALERT!
🎃Today I'm featured on Seasons Of KidLit! 👻
Read here to find out more!
www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...

#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #spookyseason #PictureBook #Giveaway #ghoststories #writerscommunity #kidlitcommunity #seasonsofkidlit

📚Find me under the Big Tent at this Saturday's Collingswood Book Festival! 10-4
I'll be signing books in the Big Tent and doing a spooky story time reading of 👻 Gilbert & the Ghost near the Clock Tower at 1:20 pm
www.collingswoodbookfestival.com
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #PB

👻Hey ghost story fans! 📚 @Storytime with Summer did a read aloud of GILBERT & THE GHOST on her YouTube channel today. So fun! Check it out (and subscribe to her channel if you like #PB read aloud!):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eNa...
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost #storytime @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

📚🎃My Oct is PACKED w/book events! 👻
Looking forward to sharing Gilbert and the Ghost w/you & I’d love to see you at one of my fall upcoming events:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...
#kidlit #BookEvents #gilbertandtheghost #PB #spookyseason #storytime #bookfair @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

👻🧙‍♀️💀My fall newsletter is out! 🎃👻🍁
Inside: Where I've been, where I'll be, what I'm celebrating, how to invite me to your school, GIVEAWAYS & more!
Not on my mailing list?
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#kidlit #booksforkids #authornewsletter #SpookySeason #giveaway #gilbertandtheghost #authorvisit

🥰Thanks to all who joined me at CBW for the launch of GILBERT & THE GHOST on Saturday!👻
Thanks for believing in me!
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost #picturebook #booklaunch #believe @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

Interview With Heather Pierce Stigall Version 1. Welcome back to #ChatWithThePBLady. Today, I’m chatting with Heather Pierce Stigall about her new book Gilbert And The Ghost. This sweet and mysterious story is perfect for the upc…

👻Today I'm grateful to have been featured on #ChatWithThePBLady blog. 📚Thanks for having me, Jenny Lynn Pease!
Check it out here
jennylynnpease.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/i...
#gilbertandtheghost #authorinterview #picturebooks #kidlit

Perfect Picture Book Friday – Gilbert And The Ghost PLUS A Giveaway!!! Welcome to Perfect Picture Book Friday! I have such a wonderful book to share with you today! I can’t wait for you to see it!

👻GILBERT AND THE GHOST is featured on Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday today and there’s a GIVEAWAY! Read here to find out how to win a copy of the book📚

susannahill.com/2025/09/12/p...
#author #educators #picturebooks #giveawayalert #gilbertandtheghost #PPBF

Yay! Glad it arrived safely! Enjoy! #gilbertandtheghost #believe #friendship #ghoststories #picturebooks

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Listen to podcasts? Like kid's books? I'm a guest on today's episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast talking about Gilbert & the Ghost! 👻

#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #podcast #picturebooks #ghoststory #booksforkids

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📆3 weeks from today! 👻📚
Join me at Children's Book World to celebrate spooky season & the launch of GILBERT & THE GHOST on Sat, 9/20, 11 AM.
I'll read & sign books, & give away swag & ghostly treats! 😋

#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #BookLaunch #booksforkids #spookyseason

Thank you so much, @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social for featuring Gilbert and the Ghost on your blog for Perfect Picture Book Friday! Your review was just lovely! 😘👻
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #PPBF #friendship #believe #ghoststories

To celebrate the launch of Gilbert & the Ghost, I made a family-favorite spooky season dessert - ghosts in the graveyard! Kid 4 enjoyed some before he headed back to school. He and kid 5 toasted to Gilbert!
#gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #BookBirthday #believe #kidlit #spookyseason #DessertLovers