Thunderland
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
One nervous girl learns how to take something scary and make it fun, in the tradition of Thunder Cake and Everything Will Be OK.
Storms can be scary. All those CRACKS and CRASHES and RUMBLES! So, one young girl does what anyone would do—hides under the kitchen sink, of course.
Until her dad shows her there’s somewhere even better to go. Thunderland! Where the cocoa is hot, stuffed animal friends are waiting, and storms have names. By playing a game instead of running away, the booms of thunder and flashes of lightning become a whole lot less intimidating. So, the next time the rain rolls in and the sky starts to roar, she knows she can face her fears in Thunderland!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
When a particularly raucous thunderstorm sends a child and dog cowering under the sink, a bearded, bespectacled father coaxes them, suggesting, "We'll miss our chance... To go to Thunderland." Thunderland resembles a homemade, window-adjacent fort constructed of chairs and bedsheets, but as Dad tells the child, instead of representing a place to hide, "Here, we wrap ourselves up tight with the storm. What do you say we invite it to play?" The next time the storm "RUMBLES," the two, portrayed with dark hair and pale skin, yell back even louder, and the youth gains enough confidence to ask the storm its name—Nancy. When an even louder "BOOM CRACK" rattles the house following Dad's taking the last cookie, it becomes the child's turn to offer comfort. Edkins Willis (Little Ghost Makes a Friend) depicts the darkened, storm-surrounded residence in digital art that resembles markers and brushwork. In some frames, thunderclouds seem to be gathering right inside the home, sending bolts of yellow lightning slicing toward the floor. After the storm, the child promises to have Thunderland ready for Nancy's next return; equipped with feelings of security and unshakable love, they know "we can be brave and afraid all at the same time." Ages 3–5.
