Usually children's books that clearly are out to teach a lesson get on my nerves but not Stephen Cosgrove's. I loved reading the Serendipity books as a child, and read several to my own children. When we received this sweet book from far away friends we immediately snuggled up to enjoy. Gnome from Nome is endearing with clear, bright illustrations by Robin James. A warmth filled book for children and adults alike! ( )

I wasn't really into the story even though the reading was good, short and simple. I did like the wordplay of Gnome and Nome as well as the moral of the story.

What I didn't like was the illustration for in my opinion they weren't as top job as some of the others. And the other thing I didn't like was they were paying to find a secret that they should have found with each other. It just seemed a bit over the top for me, especially when it was the greedy actions that wasn't friendship was said to be.

Still will keep it for my collection.... ( )

Beloved from childhood. ( )

Beloved from childhood. ( )