Published by David Fickling Books, part of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Format: Paperback
£5.99
Author:
Linda Newbery
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781849920490
£5.99
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EAN: 9781849920490
Published: 2 Jun 2011
He's older than anyone can tell. Older than the trees. Older than anybody.
For as long as she can remember, Lucy has wanted to catch a glimpse of the mysterious green man who lives in Grandpa Will's garden: Lob.
You have to be very special to see him; that's what Grandpa says. Lucy's parents think Lob's just imaginary, but Lucy knows he exists. And she can't believe it when she finally spots Lob in the gooseberry bushes.
But Lucy's world is about to be shattered by a terrible event. What will happen to Lob now - and will she ever see him again?
Linda Newbury, with the vivid embroidery of Pam Smy's illustrations, has conjured a real green man right out of the woods and stories of legend.
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An exquisite novel for the more sensitive seven to nine-year-olds
- Sunday Telegraph
One of the most gifted writers around must surely be Linda Newbery and Lob, her latest novel for younger readers, is the kind of book that will inspire in children a deep love of nature and in adults a yearning for the wonderment of childhood
- Independent on Sunday
Linda Newbery tells her story beautifully, evoking empathy and emotion without ever straying into sentimentality
- The Scotsman
The mystical and beautiful fable is one of my favourite titles of this year
- The Bookseller
I found I was thinking about it long after I'd turned the final page, because it's wonderful . . . It's a wonderful story of trusting and believing in the unknown and keeping a legacy alive. You'll remember to look for Lob whenever you hear a rustling of leaves behind you
- Guardian
There is something intensely comforting about this book that I'm sure parents will enjoy as well as children. Especially if they are gardeners!
- The Bookbag
Newbery holds the reader with her endearing characters, evocative scene-setting and poetic language . . . An uplifting, enchanting book
- Oxford Times
There's something timeless about this lovely story, not only in its theme, which links us back to generations past, but also in the telling of it: elegant, sedate, beautifully crafted, filled with a warm kind of hope and old-fashioned charm
- The Ultimate Book Guide
Lob will sneak under the skin of cynical early teens
- Observer
A tale told as much by Pam Smy's black and white line drawings as by Newbery's quiet, bright, clear prose. The book belongs in that English tradition of writing for children in which relationships, time and nature are explored through gardens
- Books For Keeps
Very young gardeners will love Lob, by Linda Newbery, the story of Lucy, Grandpa Will and the mysterious green man who lives in his garden
- The Irish Times
[Linda's] eponymous Lob, made of rain and wind, of time gone and time waiting, embodies regeneration
- The Irish Times
Laced with poems, and beautifully illustrated, this is a magical story of believing in the unknown
- Guardian
Linda Newbery is the author of over twenty-five books for children and young adults, and lives in an Oxfordshire village with her husband and three cats.
