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'One there was a house, a house that was a home...' But when the four best friends who live there decide they all want to try living somewhere new, their differences drive them apart and they go their separate ways, each taking a piece of the house with them. They soon learn, though, that a house is more than the sum of its parts... With a clever and reassuring resolution, this warm, witty tale about breaking up and making up will charm children and adults alike.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a lovely book with fresh, colourful and slightly quirky spring-like pictures.Four friends live in a house but they want to go to different places and so they argue and go their separate ways, to sea, to mountains, to the city etc, each taking with them part of the house. But each found that "a house simply wasn't a home when it was just four walls/ just some windows". The four friends all get back together an rebuild the house and in doing so together, the home. The end of the book is great, with an inventive way forwards so they can all try the new things they'd like, together. Smashing!
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Great for story time
29 Aug 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This will make a great story time book for the library. After reading it, I know that the children will love it, too.
Kristi's Book Nook
12 Jun 2011
Format:Hardcover
Four friends live in a house that is their home. Friend one thinks they should all become pirates and sail the seas. Friend two wants to go to the mountains and yodel. Friend three wants to live in an underground cave and collect creepy crawlies. Friend four wants to go to the big city and boogie woogie all night long. Of course none of them agree with any of the others ideas and they go their separate ways. When they all leave they take apart of the house with them.
Of course, they all discover that the adventures they had were lacking the fun they thought they would have. They soon discovered that the pieces of the house they took simply did not make a home. They missed each other and got back together, each apologized for leaving. Best friends again, they put their home back together again, this time with wheels. This way they could travel to all of the fun places together.
These four friends are really funny. The illustrations bring to life their very unfortunate adventures when they are separated from each other. Kids will love to read this story over and over again.
Of course, they all discover that the adventures they had were lacking the fun they thought they would have. They soon discovered that the pieces of the house they took simply did not make a home. They missed each other and got back together, each apologized for leaving. Best friends again, they put their home back together again, this time with wheels. This way they could travel to all of the fun places together.
These four friends are really funny. The illustrations bring to life their very unfortunate adventures when they are separated from each other. Kids will love to read this story over and over again.
Home - a great book on friendship
23 May 2010
Format:Hardcover
Four friends share a house, but each aspires to travel somewhere else to see the world and experience new places. When they can't agree on a place to go, each storms off on his or her own, taking a part of the house with them. The friends realize their house was more fun when it was intact and when the friends were together - when it was "home." They reconcile and re-build their house, with some modifications, so they can see the world and still be together.
I received a review copy from the publisher and the first thing I noticed was that the illustration style reminded me of Lauren Child, the author of the popular Charlie and Lola books (and Disney TV series). That style works well for this story, showing different settings where each of the four friends go to experience the world. Overall, it is a great story of cooperation, compromise and "family." I think this would be a good classroom book to use as an illustration of these ideas.
I received a review copy from the publisher and the first thing I noticed was that the illustration style reminded me of Lauren Child, the author of the popular Charlie and Lola books (and Disney TV series). That style works well for this story, showing different settings where each of the four friends go to experience the world. Overall, it is a great story of cooperation, compromise and "family." I think this would be a good classroom book to use as an illustration of these ideas.
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