Runner up for the I O D E Book Award, 2002
Our Choice Award from the Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2001
On Monday dark as shut your eyes
It followed her home . . .
Down the lane, over the lawn,
Past the Marble Frog and the Granite Swan
She cast a glance - and quick as that -
It was gone.
The new collaboration between author Richard Thompson and illustrator Martin Springett is an eerie picture-book poem perfect for late-night reading. What is following the young witch home every night past the frightening statues and the sinister life-like trees? Before the witch discovers the identity of the follower" young readers will find the answer to the mystery in the shadowy illustrations.
Martin Springett's use of a new style for his illustrations sets the mood perfectly as the witch makes her way home night after night with the mysterious follower close behind. Richard Thompson's haunting poem is a perfect read-aloud for very young readers with plenty of repetition and rhyme.
| ISBN: | 9781550418804 |
| Publication date: | 23rd October 2003 |
| Author: | Richard Thompson |
| Illustrator: | Martin Springett, Martin Springett |
| Publisher: | Fitzhenry & Whiteside an imprint of Fitzhenry and Whiteside |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction |
Runner up for the I O D E Book Award, 2002Our Choice Award from the Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2001On Monday dark as shut your eyesIt followed her home . . .Down the lane, over the lawn,Past the Marble Frog and the Granite SwanShe cast a glance - and quick as that -It was gone.The new collaboration between author Richard Thompson and illustrator Martin Springett is an eerie picture-book poem perfect for late-night reading. What is following the young witch home every night past the frightening statues and the sinister life-like trees?
The Follower features in the following genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
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The Follower was written by Richard Thompson and published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside an imprint of Fitzhenry and Whiteside
The Follower has 32 pages