A Very Small Something

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FromA Very Small Something:Somewhere past the wrinkled maps, and underanother sun, where favourite earrings find new earsand missing marbles run, the hillsides madetheir marvelous shapes for a town called CovingtonAnd a great pink factory as long as the breezeweighed truckfuls and truckfuls of bubblegum.Olivia Bezzlebee lives by the sea in a fantastic town with the worlds biggest bubblegum factory, where its citizens blow bubbles all day. But Olivia cant blow a single one and feels as if everyone looks down on her. Leaving Covington to find a place where she might belong, she learns the true meanings of family and home.A Very Small Something, beautifully illustrated by Alexander Griggs-Burr, is a story to which all childrenand any tuned-in parentwill be able to relate. Blowing bubbles may indeed be a very small something . . . but when you are a small child and its the thing you most want to do, a bubble can mean the whole world.I like this book mainly because its about gum, and gum is one of my favourite snacks My favourite kind of gum flavour is raspberry. I dont know how to blow bubbles yet, but my sister can. Shes nine. In the back of the book, there is a guide to blowing bubbles (its pretty funny actually). There are 10 easy steps. Im going to follow it but hopefully I dont get lifted up to the clouds!Myles, aged 7,Papertrails Family Book BlogThis whimsical tale, told in lilting poetic form, harkens back to stories written a generation or more ago. The poetry itself is beautiful, trumped only by the fantastic tale it tells. The corresponding illustrations, brightly colored and quirkily drawn, enhance the storys magical feel. For readers whod like to expand on the story, the author offers a website that includes coloring sheets based on illustrations from the book, as well as a read-aloud version of the poem by John Leonard. A lovely story for both preschoolers and early elementary childrenand parents looking for stories filled with wonder.Parent WiseThe story of Olive Bezzlebees fantastic struggle to blow bubbles will be sure to appeal to any child whos tried that very thing.Calgarys Child Magazine[Hickey] has put together a wonderful book that both children and parents alike will enjoy and the illustrations within the book are also ones that will just jump off the page! I highly recommend this to all!Dad of DivasA Very Small Somethingcaptures simple longing with levity and will appeal to many aspiring bubble blowers.CM Magazine