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Carolina Giddle is a babysitter with a difference. She is partial to jewellery in the shape of insects, whips up unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, granghoula bars and Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches) and is always accompanied by her trusty sidekick, a tarantula named Chiquita.
Best of all, Carolina Giddle seems to have the uncanny ability to calm even the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. Whether they feature tantrum-throwing pirates, a boy afraid of his own shadow, strange goings-on in a New Mexico desert or and artist whose creation becomes more powerful than he ever imagined, Carolina’s tales often seem eerily familiar—in more ways than one.
And then there’s the mystery of Carolina Giddle herself and her longstanding link to the Blatchford Arms, and to the ghost who still haunts the building—especially an old-fashioned elevator.