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    Wee Sister Strange

    Author Holly Grant, K. G. Campbell
    Ebook
    RH Childrens Books | Schwartz & Wade
    On sale Sep 19, 2017 | 40 Pages | 9780553508819
    Preschool - 3
    Reading Level: Lexile AD580L | Fountas & Pinnell N
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    With a lyrical text and gorgeous, ethereal illustrations, here is a mesmerizing and magical original bedtime fairy tale reminiscent of Emily Winfield Martin’s Dream Animals, and perfect for reading aloud.

    They say there's a girl
    Who lives by the woods
    In a crooked old house
    With no garden but gloom.
     
    She doesn't have parents.
    No one knows her name.
     
    But the people in town
    Call her Wee Sister Strange. 
     
    Like Emily Winfield Martin’s bestselling Dream Animals, here is a bedtime read-aloud sure to entrance young listeners. Each evening, as the shadows grow long, Wee Sister Strange climbs from her window and runs into the woods. She talks to the owls and rides on a bear. She clambers up trees and dives into the bog. She is searching for something.... She looks far and wide, over forest and marsh. What is it she seeks? Why, it's a wee bedtime story to help her fall asleep!
    HOLLY GRANT likes to dream about magic hiding in birthday candles and silver snow globes and golden keyholes and peculiarful books squirreled away in forgotten nooks and crannies.  Her lifelong hope is to discover a secret door that opens upon a mysterious and wonderful place.  In the meantime, she lives in Colorado and writes stories for children like you. Visit Holly and the Beastly Dreadfuls at BeastlyDreadfuls.com. View titles by Holly Grant
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    K. G. Campbell was born in Kenya, but raised and educated in Scotland. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in Art History, but various misadventures led him ultimately to Studio City, California. He is the author and illustrator of Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters and the illustrator of Tea Party Rules, as well as the Newbery Award winner The Illuminated Adventures of Flora and Ulysses. Follow K.G. on Twitter @KGCampbell2. View titles by K. G. Campbell
    "It would have sent C. S. Lewis over the moon." —The New York Times Book Review

    “An enchanting bedtime tale to be read over and over again.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

    “Grant creates a poem rich with metaphor in a story that walks a careful line between eeriness and comfort… In moody watercolor and pencil scenes, Campbell uses unexpected angles to follow the sprite’s nocturnal search from multiple perspectives.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

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    With a lyrical text and gorgeous, ethereal illustrations, here is a mesmerizing and magical original bedtime fairy tale reminiscent of Emily Winfield Martin’s Dream Animals, and perfect for reading aloud.

    They say there's a girl
    Who lives by the woods
    In a crooked old house
    With no garden but gloom.
     
    She doesn't have parents.
    No one knows her name.
     
    But the people in town
    Call her Wee Sister Strange. 
     
    Like Emily Winfield Martin’s bestselling Dream Animals, here is a bedtime read-aloud sure to entrance young listeners. Each evening, as the shadows grow long, Wee Sister Strange climbs from her window and runs into the woods. She talks to the owls and rides on a bear. She clambers up trees and dives into the bog. She is searching for something.... She looks far and wide, over forest and marsh. What is it she seeks? Why, it's a wee bedtime story to help her fall asleep!

    Author

    HOLLY GRANT likes to dream about magic hiding in birthday candles and silver snow globes and golden keyholes and peculiarful books squirreled away in forgotten nooks and crannies.  Her lifelong hope is to discover a secret door that opens upon a mysterious and wonderful place.  In the meantime, she lives in Colorado and writes stories for children like you. Visit Holly and the Beastly Dreadfuls at BeastlyDreadfuls.com. View titles by Holly Grant
    © n/a
    K. G. Campbell was born in Kenya, but raised and educated in Scotland. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Masters in Art History, but various misadventures led him ultimately to Studio City, California. He is the author and illustrator of Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters and the illustrator of Tea Party Rules, as well as the Newbery Award winner The Illuminated Adventures of Flora and Ulysses. Follow K.G. on Twitter @KGCampbell2. View titles by K. G. Campbell

    Praise

    "It would have sent C. S. Lewis over the moon." —The New York Times Book Review

    “An enchanting bedtime tale to be read over and over again.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

    “Grant creates a poem rich with metaphor in a story that walks a careful line between eeriness and comfort… In moody watercolor and pencil scenes, Campbell uses unexpected angles to follow the sprite’s nocturnal search from multiple perspectives.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

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