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Bob Graham is a Kate Greenaway-winning author-illustrator who has written and illustrated many acclaimed children's picture books including How to Heal a Broken Wing, Max, Jethro Byrde: Fairy Child and April Underhill: Tooth Fairy. His 2011 title, A Bus Called Heaven, is endorsed by Amnesty International UK and was the winner of the 2012 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award – a prize Bob has won an unprecedented six times. He lives in Melbourne, Australia.

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A simple classic tale, expertly told.
*Books For Your Children*

Heart-warming.
*The Oxford Times*

"Bob Graham is in a lass of his own; he is a national treasure."
*The Sunday morning Herald*

Although the welcome wagon is nowhere in sight when the Summers family moves into their new house, the chipper clan quickly plants a garden and soon feels right at home. But oldest daughter Rose is curious about the spooky house next door where ``mean and horrible'' Mr. Wintergarten lives. Word on the street is that he has a ``dog like a wolf'' and a ``saltwater crocodile'' that he rides at night that ``GETS YA!'' Undaunted by the rumors, Rose and her mother venture through the old man's gate to retrieve Rose's lost ball--and to deliver cookies and flowers. Mr. Wintergarten's gruff attitude masks the fact that Rose's kind gestures have begun to melt his heart, and soon the neighborhood has a new friend. With humor and insight, Graham's text authentically conveys the language and emotions of childhood. Without being heavy-handed, Rose challenges some confining stereotypes in the name of humanity. Graham's bright ink-and-watercolor illustrations portray the Summers family as a likable hippie brood--Mom wears a Gandhi-like robe with sandals and a headband; the children are named Rose, Faith and Blossom--and Rose's dot-eyed innocence speaks volumes. Ages 4-up. (May)

A simple classic tale, expertly told. * Books For Your Children *
Heart-warming. * The Oxford Times *
"Bob Graham is in a lass of his own; he is a national treasure." * The Sunday morning Herald *

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