What There is before There is Anything There. A Scary Story

Liniers

ISBN 10: 1554983851 / ISBN 13: 9781554983858

Published by Groundwood, 2014

About this Item

Stiff unmarked book in crisp dust jacket. ; 7.88 X 0.4 X 8.25 inches; 24 pages.

Seller Inventory # 67152

Bibliographic Details

• Title: What There is before There is Anything There. A Scary Story
• Publisher: Groundwood
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554983851
• ISBN 13: 9781554983858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children/Juvenile

About this title

Synopsis

Every night when his parents turn off the light, strange creatures descend from the black space where the ceiling used to be… First comes one, then another and then more and more. They stand all around him, staring, not saying a word. And then, worst of all comes the dark shapeless one that tells him, “I am what there is before there is anything there…”

Liniers’ art, reminiscent of Hergé and other great comic book artists, portrays the little boy’s growing terror and his frantic dash for his parents’ bedroom. Combined with hand-lettering, it creates the feeling of a graphic novel for very young readers.

Destined to become a classic about nighttime fears (like Paul Galdone’s The Teeny-Tiny Woman), this story will resonate with young children who are afraid of the dark, who might be reassured to see that although the little boy’s fears don’t go away, he does find a way to cope with them.

About the Authors

Liniers is a cartoonist from Argentina whose work has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines and books. He has created a daily comic strip for the Argentine newspaper La Nación for more than ten years. He lives with his family in Buenos Aires.

ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.