Book
A little house in a big place / written by Alison Acheson ; illustrated by Valériane LeBlond.
A girl waits at her kitchen window every morning to watch a train rush past her house and wave to the train engineer. She wonders where he goes and if she might go away one day.
Record details
- ISBN: 1771389125
- ISBN: 9781771389129
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Publisher: Toronto : Kids Can Press, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.99 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Girls > Juvenile fiction. Locomotive engineers > Juvenile fiction. Railroad trains > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Stories in rhyme. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | GRO JP Aches | 31681020105920 | PICTURE | Available | - |
- Grand Central Pub
In beautiful free verse, a child ponders the very familiar and what might lie beyond.Every morning, in a little house in a little town in the middle of a big place, a girl waits by the window for a train to go by. And every morning, as the train rushes and rumbles past her window, the girl waves to the engineer and the engineer waves back --- his wave and her wave together make a home in her heart. The girl is curious about the engineer, about where he came from and where he goes. And this makes her wonder if she might go away, too, some day.A warm, lyrical story about a connection between strangers, and about growing up and making one's way in the world. - Grand Central Pub
Every day, in a little house in a little town in the middle of a big place, a girl stands at her window and waves to the engineer of the train that passes on the nearby tracks. The engineer waves back and his wave and her wave together make a home in her heart. The little girl is curious about the engineer, about where he came from and where he goes. Which makes her wonder if she might go away, too, some day. This beautiful free verse picture book explores the magic of a connection made between strangers, while also pondering the idea of growing up, and what might lie beyond a child's own small piece of the world.
Alison Acheson has created a deceptively simple, warm story that will stay with readers of all ages long after they've closed the book. Children everywhere will relate to the girl at her window --- what child hasn't waved to the driver of a train, truck, or bus and hadn't been thrilled to have the wave returned? Valériane Leblond's illustrations echo the girl's feelings for the prairie, the âbig placeâ where she lives, with wide, open vistas and long views of the train coming and going. The flowing free verse offers a terrific opportunity for discussions of poetry styles and subjects.
