Wee Sister Strange
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2017

Wee Sister Strange

Written by Holly Grant and K. G. Campbell · Illustrated by K. G. Campbell

A mysterious girl ventures into the woods each night, seeking a secret to help her sleep.

3.5/7 Bookroo expert·3.5/5 Goodreads · 355 ratings
32 pages
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In a crooked house by the woods, a mysterious girl known as Wee Sister Strange embarks on nightly adventures. She converses with owls, rides bears, and explores the forest, searching for something elusive. What drives her into the night? As she journeys through trees and bogs, the answer may be closer than she thinks—a simple bedtime story to lull her to sleep. Discover the enchanting world of Wee Sister Strange, where magic and mystery intertwine in a quest for the perfect tale.

From the publisher

With a lyrical text and gorgeous, ethereal illustrations, here is a mesmerizing and magical original bedtime fairy tale reminiscent of Emily Winfield Martin’s Dream Animals, and perfect for reading aloud. They say there’s a girl Who lives by the woods In a crooked old house With no garden but gloom. She doesn’t have parents. No one knows her name. But the people in town Call her Wee Sister Strange. Like Emily Winfield Martin’s bestselling Dream Animals, here is a bedtime read-aloud sure to entrance young listeners. Each evening, as the shadows grow long, Wee Sister Strange climbs from her window and runs into the woods. She talks to the owls and rides on a bear. She clambers up trees and dives into the bog. She is searching for something…. She looks far and wide, over forest and marsh. What is it she seeks? Why, it’s a wee bedtime story to help her fall asleep!

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD580L
Themes & topics
Books about science and natureBooks about bedtime and dreamsBooks about bedtimeBooks about night
What readers & critics say

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3.5

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3.5

The illustrations are gorgeous, and the tone is lilting (although the rhyming is a little off) but the story itself is just a little creepy and sad... a little girl all alone riding vicious bear, burying owl bones, and searching for you reading her story so she can listen to you read it outside your window. Yikes.

Marmee

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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.8
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
September 19, 2017
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780553508796

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