What There Is Before There Is Anything There: A Scary Story
- SKU: 9781554983858
- Category: Activity Books, Children's Fiction, Coloring Books, Comic Books for Kids ...
Every night when his parents turn off the light, strange creatures descend from the black space where the ceiling used to be... First comes one, then another and then more and more. They stand all around him, staring, not saying a word. And then, worst of all comes the dark shapeless one that tells him, "I am what there is before there is anything there..."
Liniers' art, reminiscent of Hergé and other great comic book artists, portrays the little boy's growing terror and his frantic dash for his parents' bedroom. Combined with hand-lettering, it creates the feeling of a graphic novel for very young readers.
Destined to become a classic about nighttime fears (like Paul Galdone's The Teeny-Tiny Woman), this story will resonate with young children who are afraid of the dark, who might be reassured to see that although the little boy's fears don't go away, he does find a way to cope with them.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Liniers
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 09/01/2014
ISBN: 9781554983858
Pages: 24
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 08/04/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/19/2014 pg. 17
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 71
School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 87
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 22
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
Every night when his parents turn off the light, strange creatures descend from the black space where the ceiling used to be... First comes one, then another and then more and more. They stand all around him, staring, not saying a word. And then, worst of all comes the dark shapeless one that tells him, "I am what there is before there is anything there..."
Liniers' art, reminiscent of Hergé and other great comic book artists, portrays the little boy's growing terror and his frantic dash for his parents' bedroom. Combined with hand-lettering, it creates the feeling of a graphic novel for very young readers.
Destined to become a classic about nighttime fears (like Paul Galdone's The Teeny-Tiny Woman), this story will resonate with young children who are afraid of the dark, who might be reassured to see that although the little boy's fears don't go away, he does find a way to cope with them.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Liniers
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Published: 09/01/2014
ISBN: 9781554983858
Pages: 24
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 08/04/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/19/2014 pg. 17
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2014 pg. 71
School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 87
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 22
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
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