Pub Date: September 22, 2009
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2008041862
Lexile Code: 0550
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 05 to 08
Physical Info: 0.37" H x 12.24" L x 9.34" W ( 1.07 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales and Folklore | General | Family | General see also headings under Social Themes | Social Themes | Friendship
Description: When a family suffers an unspeakable loss, a goblin, who has been hiding away for years, comes out during the night to help them--secretly. Full color.
Brief description: Mem Fox is an educator and international literacy expert, and her many acclaimed picture books for young children include Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug!; Hello Baby!; Baby Bedtime; I'm an Immigrant Too; the bestselling modern classics Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes and Time for Bed; and, for adults, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She lives in Adelaide, Australia. Visit her at MemFox.com.
Review Quotes: "The Dillons' characteristic clean lines and controlled palette mirror the tender emotion of the tale while providing young viewers with plenty of visual cues to guide them along the story...this gentle read will...leave listeners safisfied."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books