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The Visitor

Book Synopsis

A story about friendship and shyness, full of light and colour, that plays out in a mini theatre.

Elise was frightened—of spiders, people, even trees. So she never went out, night or day.

One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at the door. Elise has a visitor who will change everything.

This is a gentle, sympathetic story about a child who unwittingly brings light and colour—literally—into a lonely person’s life.

Our Review Panel says...

Nominated for Favourite Books of 2018 by: Simon Smith (@smithsmm), headteacher and blogger at smithsmm.wordpress.com The Visitor is a wonderfully simple picturebook focussing on the joy children bring into our lives. The use of colour brings a joy to the tale. It has been a book I’ve found myself returning to often and every time I’ve left with a huge smile and a cosy warm glow. A magical book with a big heart.