- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Candlewick (April 26 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0763649597
- ISBN-13: 978-0763649593
- Product Dimensions: 27.1 x 0.9 x 22.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2 An interesting excursion into fantasy. The unnamed heroine is fasci nated by a mysterious unoccupied house that she passes every day. One day a small boy invites her in, and to the continuing refrain ``Come and see this!'' he shows her the wonders of the garden around the house: a tiger play ing with its cubs in the grass; a dolphin in the goldfish pond; a pelican in the apple tree; a large snake in the green house; a panda in the trashcan, reading a newspaper. As the story closes, she is continuing her walks, each time hoping she can once again enter the garden. The story is told in simple language, the poet-author laying allusions gently be neath the surface and using his tools to manipulate the structure of the text to lend it rhythmic power. Craig catches the poetic feeling in the quietly odd per spectives of some of her etchings, which formally frame the action. The reproduction of these pale pastel col ored illustrations is often fuzzy, which works well, as it lends an air of misty fantasy. Craig also extends some of Morrison's ideas, as when she shows the boy as the same size as, and wear ing the same clothes as, a garden gnome seen every day by the young narrator. While the story is slight, it carries a cer tain power, and some care has been taken in its telling. The result is a tidy, but minor, success. Christine Behr mann, New York Public Library
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A favorite back in print! A child discovers, in the old house and overgrown garden she passes every day, that wonders wait in secret.
One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a little boy suddenly appears before her. "Come and play with me," he beckons. He leads her through an enchanted garden, showing her all its marvelous inhabitants: a tiger playing with its cubs in the long grass, a dolphin leaping in the goldfish pond, a pelican roosting high in the apple tree. Then the mysterious boy is gone, the girl’s mother is calling, and all is as it was before. In this well-loved picture book, Blake Morrison and Helen Craig bring us to a place where, for a moment, magic is real.
One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a little boy suddenly appears before her. "Come and play with me," he beckons. He leads her through an enchanted garden, showing her all its marvelous inhabitants: a tiger playing with its cubs in the long grass, a dolphin leaping in the goldfish pond, a pelican roosting high in the apple tree. Then the mysterious boy is gone, the girl’s mother is calling, and all is as it was before. In this well-loved picture book, Blake Morrison and Helen Craig bring us to a place where, for a moment, magic is real.
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I am always searching for great picture books and this one fit the bill. It is beautifully illustrated and the story is subtly mysterious. Definitely a fun read!
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