Something Might Be Hiding - Hardcover

Lottridge, Celia Barker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0888991762 ISBN 13: 9780888991768

Publisher: Groundwood Books, 1996

Synopsis

Jenny frets over the disarray of boxes, furniture, and clothing in a new house, until her quest to discover the scary creature that might be lurking somewhere inadvertently familiarizes her with her surroundings.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2?To Jenny, the house that her family is moving into includes spaces and corners that may be hiding unknown creatures. Each time she expresses her concerns, her parents calm her fears by clearing these cluttered spots so that nothing could possibly hide there. Eventually, the child uses her own imagination to overcome her uncertainties about her new home. The story identifies every common fear. The soft-focus, realistic paintings capture Jenny's contrasting impressions of the house and her new room using a mellow, daylight glow as she begins to become more comfortable in her new room and dark, shadowy, muted earth tones for those unfamiliar corners. Young readers will find the girl's concerns believably expressed, but this solemn, thoughtful story may not hold their attention. Mercer Mayer's There's a Nightmare in My Closet (Dial, 1968) is a livelier treatment of a similar theme.?Carol Schene, Taunton Public Schools, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

Ages 3^-5. "The ironing board was on top of the piano, the sofa was facing the wall." A child's anxiety and dislocation at moving to a new house are captured in this picture book, first published in Canada. Handsome, soft-toned acrylic paintings depicting the child's point of view show how the ordinary can suddenly become surreal, how there are odd corners everywhere and looming shapes and shadowy places where creatures could be hiding. Kids will recognize how monsters can be both vague and very particularized ("Something big and furry. It might be a bear but it makes a more muttering sound" ). There are lots of books about moving and about monsters under the bed, but the combination works especially well here as each member of Jenny's family helps her clear a space and make herself at home. Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0888991762
• ISBN 13: 9780888991768
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 28
• Illustrator: Zwolak Paul