Clare's goodbye

Libby Gleeson

Book - 2017

Three children find a way to say goodbye to their old house before they move.

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Genres
Picture books
Published
Richmond, Vic. : Little Hare Books 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Libby Gleeson (author)
Other Authors
Anna Pignataro, 1965- (illustrator)
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN
9781760127527
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Review by School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-As a family prepares to move, three siblings say goodbye to their home. Rosie and Jacob say goodbye to the tree house and the garden. Clare, the youngest, doesn't seem to want to say goodbye. She sits on the steps of the house with her head on her hands. The older siblings write goodbye in the sand of the sandpit where there used to be toys, but Clare does nothing. They watch as the movers move their things from the house and Clare disappears. After checking each empty room in the house, Jacob finally opens the door to their old bedroom. Alone in the room is Clare and she is dancing. They watch her with her eyes closed, her arms spread wide as she moves around and around in the sun-dappled space. Rosie and Jacob silently join her in dancing a goodbye dance. Impressionistic illustrations dominated by charcoal and pencil with a thoughtful use of watercolors and collage create the quiet mood. Heavy use of charcoal shading around the children, like an aura of sadness, and somber-faces visually express the real difficulty children have learning to say goodbye. VERDICT This is an empathetic book to read to children to learn both about others' sadness or when they themselves must say goodbye and move on. A good choice for one-on-one sharing and discussion.-Mindy Hiatt, Salt Lake County Library Services © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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