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The Gargoyle in My Yard

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This is a really wonderful book. My older grand-daughters read it to me, they couldn't wait, and my 6 year old grand-daughter loves it so much she bought a gargoyle for her bedroom to protect her from monsters. How cool is that! The book is well written and the story line, linked to the past, is fascinating and really provides great context. It's almost possible to feel a warm, hazy day in an old English churchyard in Bourton-on-the-Water.

If you think you might want to read about a heartbroken but naughty apple core throwing Gargoyle, then Philippa Dowding's, The Gargoyle in My Yard, is the book for you. It's a charming tale that takes you flying in fancy back to another time and scurrying furtively through the hidden treasure spots of Toronto. Your children will cuddle up tight next to you with all the suspense but then the next minute you will all be squealing with laughter. They might pester you with far too many questions though. Who's the man in the hat? Can I learn to speak gargoyle? And why can't he fly? It's the kind of book you will want to give to all your neighbours and you will wish you had had it yourself to read before you had ever met a Gargoyle.