White Ravens’98/Australia/64713
Brian, Janeen (text)
Cox, David (illus.)
Leaves for Mr Walter
Hunters Hill: Margaret Hamilton, 1998. [32pp]
ISBN 0-947241-95-7
Old/Young - Neighbor - Tree - Friendship
Old Mr Walter keeps a very tidy yard inside his thick wooden fence, and
the dropping leaves of the gum tree in the yard of the vacant house next
door make him very grumpy. This all changes when young Emilia and her
parents move in. With her winsome, innocent ways, she soothes him by
happily carting away the leaves, then gets him to oil her bike, and ultimately
build her a tree house with the wood he had bought to reinforce his fence.
The skilful slap-dash pen-and-wash pictures capture the emotions and
enthusiastic mood of this charming, universally appealing story of
intergenerational friendship. (4+)

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