Harry's Home - Softcover

Laurence Anholt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841216038 ISBN 13: 9781841216034

Publisher: Watts Pub Group, 2000

Synopsis

A picture book telling the story of Harry, a city child, who goes to stay with his Grandad in the country - without his mum, for the first time. Deals with grandparents, homesickness, city versus country life and the importance of knowing just where you belong. Illustrated by Catherine Anholt.

About this title

About the Author:

Catherine and Laurence Anholt are the authors of numerous books for children, including The Big Book of Families. They live in Lyme Regis, England.

From Booklist:

The Anholts are at their best in this picture book for preschoolers about the fear and the excitement of leaving home. The simple words and clear, detailed, line-and-watercolor illustrations tell a universal story. Harry loves the city, where he lives in an apartment with his mom. "He loved escalators and elevators. Shops and sirens. Big streets and little streets. Traffic lights and fire engines. He loved to see the people rushing to work in the morning and coming back to their homes in the evening." Then, for the first time ever, he leaves his mom and visits his grandfather on his small farm in the mountains across the sea. At first Harry misses home. The country is too dark, too quiet, too slow. "Everything was different." But then he helps in the farmyard, and he has such a good time with Grandpa and the animals, especially in caring for one baby lamb, that he almost forgets the city. Yet when Mom comes to get him after a week, Harry wants to return home. Of course, everything is only positive, but no matter where children who hear this story live, they will recognize their own discovery of differences and their own journeys home. The pleasure is in the loving particulars of place, the complexity of feelings, and the rhythm of the telling. Hazel Rochman
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About this edition

• Publisher: Watts Pub Group
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1841216038
• ISBN 13: 9781841216034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Catherine Anholt