Small-Clara Vulliamy September 9, 2007
Tom is spending the night at Granny’s and is careful to bring everything he needs. “…and, of course, I’ll need Small.” Small is that indispensible friend/toy (in this case a mouse) from which no kid can be separated. We see Small in and out of the suitcase as much packing and repacking is done by Tom. Tom arrives at Granny’s and after visiting, playing with some special Grandmother-provided toys, and a dinner of his favorites, he goes to bed. “Small isn’t there.” Tom tries to go to sleep as he thinks about Small, lonely at home. Cut back to Small. After climbing through a window, Small goes through some rather frightening experiences to get to Tom at Granny’s. After Tom and Small are happily reunited, you can sense Tom tolerating Granny’s, “You must have dropped him when you first came in.” The young students, who, by the way “really, really” know the truth of Small’s scary adventure, greatly enjoy this book and like Tom, tolerate Granny’s grownups-just-don’t-get-it explanation.
Small
Written and Illusttrated by Clara Vulliamy
Accelerated Reader RL 2.4
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