CUSHING — Just in time for Halloween, children’s author, speaker, teacher and librarian Liza Gardner Walsh will bring some spooky fun to children (ages seven and up) and adults alike with ghostly lore at an interactive live event at the Cushing Public Library on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 10 a.m. The Thomaston Public Library is co-sponsoring this collaborative community event, which is free and open to the public.

Reading excerpts from her book, Ghost Hunter’s Handbook, Walsh will share practical tips about ghosts, including where to look for them, how to know if you’ve seen one, and how to tell a good ghost story.

Kids will make their very own homemade Stereopticons to detect electricity in the air and then will use them to go on a ghost hunt around the library.

In the third grade, Gardner Walsh wrote her first book, which was about a haunted house. She is the author of more than a dozen books, including Fairy House Handbook, Fairy Garden Handbook, The Maine Coon Cat, and Treasure Hunter’s Handbook. Walsh holds an MFA from Vermont College.

Walsh has worked as a school librarian, preschool teacher, high school English teacher, writing tutor, and museum educator.

Although her books tell different stories, at their heart, they are all about wonder, appreciation, and the joy of exploration and learning.

For further information, contact Wendy Roberts at wrobertsmaine63@gmail.com