The Refrigerator Ghost

(English American edition, 2023)

냉장고 유령 (Korean edition, 2022)

What is the last place people expect to be haunted? Probably their refrigerator. The Tomasons jokingly blame a ghost when things disappear in their untidy fridge. Little do they know, there actually is a cute, but frustrated, small ghost trapped inside because of that growing mess.

The Refrigerator Ghost, written for ages 4-8, is an engaging tale that encourages families to compost their leftovers instead of letting them clutter their refrigerators. Children will be delighted by the tiny ghost's desire to escape outdoors, and will enjoy finding it hiding in the amusing illustrations.

An earlier version of the The Refrigerator Ghost story was a literary finalist in the 2020 Adelaide Books Children’s Literature and Illustration Award contest. Christina revised the text and engaged Sarah Hodgkiss, an artist from Liverpool, U.K., to create the illustrations for the final printed version.

The Refrigerator Ghost was published in Korean as 냉장고 유령 (ISBN: 979-11-91169-06-5) by Kong Books, Seoul, South Korea, in 2022. It is available online and in-store through major and small booksellers throughout South Korea. 냉장고 유령 was selected to be part of the Visiting Korea Book Fair in New York, November 15-16, 2022.

In the United States, copies of The Refrigerator Ghost are available here. If you’d like to support local businesses in the CSRA and further afield, you can shop in person in Augusta, GA, at Surrey Center Pharmacy, The Book Tavern, Sacred Heart Cultural Center Gift Shop, Augusta Canal Discovery Center Gift Shop, and the Morris Museum Shop; in North Augusta, SC, at the Arts & Heritage Center; in Dublin, GA, at The Olive Branch; in Thomson, GA, at MariBeth's Books; and in Greensboro, GA, at Genuine Georgia—please call ahead or message them to make sure it’s in stock, as the books tend to sell quickly! Copies are also available via Amazon.com.

For rights to publish The Refrigerator Ghost in languages other than Korean and English, contact Kong Books, Seoul.