Hurdy-Gurdy the Halloween Beetle

A Halloween beetle ignores the

trick-or-treating cries at her door.

And she does not get away with it.

Or does she?

Witness a new kind of Halloween ritual

of eerie tunes and blood-dripping treats,

and go on an eccentric journey with

Hurdy-Gurdy the Halloween beetle.

The author’s love of shiny beetles started when she stumbled across her first ladybird, and in her childlike amazement thought, “Who painted those spots?!”

Raised in Manchester, Nadia Holiday later moved to Australia with her family, where she earned her honours degree in Architecture. Her fortuitous move down under exposed her to a plethora of native beetles. Since becoming an aunt, she has turned her attention from designing buildings to writing beetle tales for her nephew and niece to enjoy.