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The House with Nobody in It | Board Book | Children's Story Book

The House with Nobody in It | Board Book | Children's Story Book

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From the bestselling Jon Klassen comes a house-shaped, peep-through board book for young readers with a thrill for things that go bump in the night – while feeling safely tucked into their own house, with plenty of somebodies around.
Here are all the things in this house: a chair, a clock on the wall, a stool, a lamp. What’s missing from this house? Somebody. This is the house with nobody in it. Well, there might be something...
Designed as an oversize board book, this story takes young ones through a recognisable, cosy house, while die cuts introduce just a hint of precarity. This is the house with nobody in it — or is it?
This is classic Klassen, revealing a bit of mystery before bringing us back into the familiar ... shifty eyes and all.
FROM THE WINNER OF THE ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD 2026

Awards: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, awarded to Jon Klassen (2026)

“Children will argue with the book, laugh at the words, poke their fingers through the windows and doors, search the house’s rooms and inventory its objects, try to color in the book’s blank spaces or add a chimney, prop it open like an actual haunted house. ” — The New Yorker
“a master class in taking the simplest of children’s-book formats—a sturdy, thick-paged board book—and creating a story of haunting elegance for readers ages 3 to 7. ” — Katie Daniels
“A grown-up reading this with a child will enjoy the pantomime of disputing the existence of anything else on the pages. They will also be best placed to judge the child’s appetite for spook – and the implication that the house’s inhabitant may have passed away – with the wide-eyed ghost hovering somewhere between unsettling and adorable, depending on who you ask (adorable, says this reviewer!). The perfect read for autumn and winter evenings, and ideal for fans of This Is Not My Hat , There’s a Ghost in this House , and Funnybones . ” — Phoebe Demeger
“The illustrations, the paper engineering, the haiku-like text of this book are simple, spooky genius. ” — Ron Charles (Washington Post Critic)

Reading age: 3 years or older

Ideal For: Perfect for 3-5 year olds who love a gentle spooky thrill, and for Jon Klassen fans wanting a sturdy, peep-through board book for autumn and Halloween bedtimes.

Details: Board Book | 18 pages | 21.8 × 10.0 × 1.2 cm

About the Creators: Jon Klassen is the creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Want My Hat Back , which received a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor, and its companions This Is Not My Hat , which won a Caldecott Medal and a Kate Greenaway Medal, and We Found a Hat , named a Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year. He is also the creator of the Your Places and Your Things board book series, as well as the picture books The Rock from the Sky and The Skull . He is the illustrator of How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? , Extra Yarn , Sam and Dave Dig a Hole , and the Shapes Trilogy, all by Mac Barnett.

Publication details

Published
2026
Publisher
Walker Books
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