The Follower. This item is unavailable.The Follower

Runner up for the I O D E Book Award, 2002 Our Choice Award from the Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2001 On Monday dark as shut your eyes It followed her home . . . Down the lane, over the lawn, Past the Marble Frog and the Granite Swan She cast a glance - and quick as that - It was gone. The new collaboration between author Richard Thompson and illustrator Martin Springett is an eerie picture-book poem perfect for late-night reading. What is following the young witch home every night past the frightening statues and the sinister life-like trees? Before the witch discovers the identity of the follower" young readers will find the answer to the mystery in the shadowy illustrations. Martin Springett's use of a new style for his illustrations sets the mood perfectly as the witch makes her way home night after night with the mysterious follower close behind. Richard Thompson's haunting poem is a perfect read-aloud for very young readers with plenty of repetition and rhyme.