by Rémy Simard Illustrated by Pierre Pratt Translated by Shelley Tanaka Groundwood Books 978-1-55498-451-0 56 pp. Ages 4-7 2014 One of my favourite picture books of 2014 has a YouTube book trailer. I reviewed the book on October 13, 2014and still can feel its impact on my heart. Enjoy!
Gustave
Uploaded by House of Anansi on January 15, 2015 to YouTube
by Brooke Burgess
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
978-1500971656
278 pp.
Ages 10+
September, 2014
Encouraged to include this book trailer, and reading a positive Kirkus review, I'm going to consider giving this book a perusal. Here's the story synopsis provided on the author's website at http://brookeburgess.com/2013/05/30/the-shadowland-saga/:
In the sleepy town of Appleton, a young loner follows a cat onto the
road and is struck by a car. A leg is shattered, a summer is ruined,
and the troubled life of Billy Brahm goes from bad… to cursed. When the
mysterious cat appears at his bedside, Billy is haunted by strange and
prophetic dreams — the creatures in them speak of Watchers, and Shadows,
and the Enemy that Awakens. Does this impossible realm hold the key to
healing the broken boy? Is the golden-eyed cat there to help him… or to
make the nightmares come true? Too frightened to share the truth with
his strict adoptive parents, Billy realizes that the only ones he can
turn to are the local vet’s daughter, the town’s ‘crazy cat lady’… and
the mystical tiger from his dreams.
