Age
4-7
Grade
PK-2
Liniers, Elisa Amado
What There Is Before There Is Anything There: A Scary Story
Hardcover
(Groundwood Books Sept. 9, 2014)
, Translation edition
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’s there before there is anything there . . .” Liniers’ art, reminiscent of Hergé and other great comic book artists, feelingly 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 resonates with young children afraid of the dark. They're reassured to see that, although the little boy’s fears don’t go away, he does find a way to cope with them.
- ISBN
- 9781554983 / 9781554983858
- Pages
- 24
- Weight
- 11.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.4 x 0.5
in.