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The Bog Baby (2008)

by Jeanne Willis(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0141500301 (ISBN13: 9780141500300)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Puffin Books

review 1: I found this book on a rainy day in Nantucket at a wonderful independent bookstore. I sat down to read it and FELL in LOVE. The illustrations are amazing and the story gave me goose bumps! I can hardly wait to read it to my students. The story follows two sisters who go fishing in a magical pond that only appears in the spring! They find a bog baby and take it home...read it to teach children the concept of wild things needing to live in the wild...or "take only pictures and leave only footprints"...or just read it because it is so sweet!!!
review 2: Childrens books seem to almost swim around me at work. Lots of shapes, colors and covers pass under my fingertips magically leaving behind a little bit of love and wonder. When I checked this particular book, ... morethe illustrations grabbed my attention. I love the colors and the technique the artist used, giving very special attention to the dust (magic dust) that fluttered from the Bog baby.The story is sweet and simple. Bog baby's cannot live anywhere but their bog and you can only find them in special ponds after rain. There are little gems like this, that keep the child inside your heart alive. Bog baby is special, like the bog baby I knew so long ago... less

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