THERE WAS NOBODY THERE

by Barbara Bottner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 7, 1978

I woke up one night--there was nobody there"" is just the first of 15 rhymed lines which start with the little girl's exploration of her empty house, then drift off into fanciful imaginings: ""I was at the North Pole, just me and my bear. . . . I arrived at the moon--there was nobody there. I cried all alone, 'Doesn't anyone care?'"" But then Mama comes home, explaining, ""I was just out somewhere. But you weren't all alone. Your papa was there'--snoozing, viewers now see, in the patio rocker. The verse flows along, the situation is a recognizably anxious one, but it's all a bit slick. Well-devised, but there isn't much there.

Pub Date: Aug. 7, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1978

Categories: CHILDREN'S