Gaspar Books in Order

The Gaspar books are a lighter corner of Teresa Burrell's work, but they are built on the same interest in how children handle hard feelings. Instead of juvenile court and murder cases, these stories use a small ghost, a family home, and a bit of silly chaos. Gaspar is a lonely, lactose-intolerant ghost who wants what a lot of kids want: company, kindness, and a place where he belongs.

That setup gives the series its warmth. In Gaspar, the Flatulating Ghost, he lives alone in a vacant house until the Stones move in with their boys. Gaspar cannot simply walk up and join the family. He has to figure out how to be seen, how to help, and how to stay hopeful when things do not go the way he wants. Burrell keeps the tone playful, but the feeling underneath is easy for kids to recognize. Gaspar wants connection.

The later books widen his little world. In Gaspar, the Flatulating Ghost Meets a Bully, he goes to school with Hayden and CJ and finds himself caught up in a problem many children understand right away. In Gaspar, the Flatutating Ghost, Flies a Kite, a day at the park turns into a small mission to help another child who is sad and frustrated. The conflicts are age-appropriate and easy to follow, but they still give Gaspar real problems to solve.

These books are very gentle.

The humor comes from Gaspar himself, especially the running joke around his cheese-related ghost troubles, but the series is not just trying to get a laugh. Each story quietly points toward friendship, empathy, and trying again. Adults will probably notice how carefully Burrell avoids talking down to children. The lessons are there, but they are tucked inside action, repetition, and a character kids can root for.

The setting also helps. Home, school, and the park are familiar places, which makes the ghostly element feel funny instead of scary. Gaspar is not a horror character. He is a helper, a little outsider, and sometimes a secret advantage when a child needs support. That makes the series easy to hand to young readers who like imaginative stories but do not want anything too dark or intense.

If you are looking at this page to figure out what kind of books these are, think picture-book adventures with a kind heart. Start with Gaspar, the Flatulating Ghost to meet the character and the Stone family, then move on to the books about bullying and kite-flying. The stories are short, friendly, and built to leave kids feeling a little lighter than when they started.