There's This Thing

There's This Thing is a 2014 Children's picture book by Connah Brecon about a shy girl trying to find love.

There's This Thing
AuthorConnah Brecon
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2014 (Philomel Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780399161858
OCLC870919308

Reception

A reviewer in The New York Times of There's This Thing wrote, "It’s a refreshing reminder that it can be hard to ask for what we want, and that even introverts need love above all.".[1]

Kirkus Reviews called the book "a muddle,"[2] and Publishers Weekly wrote that "some readers may find the girl’s vaguely described longings tricky to parse."[3]

There's This Thing has also been reviewed by School Library Journal, which suggested, "Shy children would be better served by Melanie Watts's Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend",[4] and The Horn Book Magazine ("This sweet picture-book valentine with expressive and endearing digital illustrations has a subtlety of plot and theme that will elude most young children").[4]

References
  1. Maria Russo (8 February 2015). "Children's Books; Love". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. "There's This Thing". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  3. "There's This Thing". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 13 October 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  4. "There's This Thing". kcls.bibliocommons. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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