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The Yellow House

Author Blake Morrison
Illustrated by Helen Craig
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Hardcover
$15.99 US
Candlewick
10.66"W x 8.79"H x 0.37"D   | 12 oz | 40 per carton
On sale Apr 26, 2011 | 32 Pages | 9780763649593
Age 3-7 years | Preschool - 2
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A favorite back in print! A child discovers, in the old house and overgrown garden she passes every day, that wonders wait in secret.

One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a little boy suddenly appears before her. "Come and play with me," he beckons. He leads her through an enchanted garden, showing her all its marvelous inhabitants: a tiger playing with its cubs in the long grass, a dolphin leaping in the goldfish pond, a pelican roosting high in the apple tree. Then the mysterious boy is gone, the girl’s mother is calling, and all is as it was before. In this well-loved picture book, Blake Morrison and Helen Craig bring us to a place where, for a moment, magic is real.
Blake Morrison, the author of fiction, poetry, journalism, literary criticism, and libretti, is perhaps best known for his two memoirs: And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me. He lives in London.

Helen Craig is a widely acclaimed illustrator of books for children, including Phyllis Root’s Thirsty Thursday, Philippa Pearce’s A Finder’s Magic, and the hugely popular stories about Angelina Ballerina. She lives in England.
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A favorite back in print! A child discovers, in the old house and overgrown garden she passes every day, that wonders wait in secret.

One day, on the way to the park, a little girl climbs the gate of an old yellow house. Although no one has lived there for a very long time, a little boy suddenly appears before her. "Come and play with me," he beckons. He leads her through an enchanted garden, showing her all its marvelous inhabitants: a tiger playing with its cubs in the long grass, a dolphin leaping in the goldfish pond, a pelican roosting high in the apple tree. Then the mysterious boy is gone, the girl’s mother is calling, and all is as it was before. In this well-loved picture book, Blake Morrison and Helen Craig bring us to a place where, for a moment, magic is real.

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Blake Morrison, the author of fiction, poetry, journalism, literary criticism, and libretti, is perhaps best known for his two memoirs: And When Did You Last See Your Father? and Things My Mother Never Told Me. He lives in London.

Helen Craig is a widely acclaimed illustrator of books for children, including Phyllis Root’s Thirsty Thursday, Philippa Pearce’s A Finder’s Magic, and the hugely popular stories about Angelina Ballerina. She lives in England.
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