The Goffins: Lofty and Eave
Author(s): Jeanne Willis
You'll find a whole lot of family junk stored in the average attic, but might you also find a Goffin? George's grandma is ill, so he and his mum and dad have moved into her house to look after her. George is bored, lonely and resentful towards his family. But then he discovers the Goffins - Lofty and Eave - two creatures who live secretly in grandma's attic. They have used all the family's old junk to create a home for themselves, but George soon finds out it can tell him about his ancestors as well - with a little help from his new friends. They have a strange way of talking - and an even stranger way of procuring food! But as they show George more and more of their rooftop world, they teach him to be more confident and caring, which makes for a much happier family life.
Product Information
Jeanne Willis has had a successful career working in advertising and as an author, writing over eighty picture books, poetry books, television scripts and novels for children. Her teenage novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the 2003 Whitbread Children's Book Award and Dumb Creatures was longlisted for the 2005 Carnegie Medal. Her other novels include Shamanka (9781844286492) and Grandad and John (9781844288984), and her picture books include Little Big Mouth (9781844288717), Mummy, Do You Love Me? (9780744570847) and Never Too Little to Love (9780744596502). She lives in north London. Nick Maland has illustrated numerous picture books, including Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies and You've Got Dragons by Kathryn Cave, which was the overall winner at the V&A Illustration Awards 2003. He lives in north London.
General Fields
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- : Dummy
- : Dummy
- : 05 January 2009
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jeanne Willis
- : Paperback
- : 4-Sep
- : 823.914
- : 160
- : Adventure stories
- : ill