I love Lois Lowry. I’m so excited to have discovered her this year! For Christmas, I received Gossamer from my friend Julie (thank you!!), which is one of Lowry’s that I hadn’t heard of before. It was light and thin, so I took it with me when we went to visit my in-laws the last couple days. Turns out it was the perfect selection.

Most of the Lowry books I’ve read so far have been middle-grade to young adult, but this was aged younger, probably about 8 or 9 for the target audience. Littlest One is a young dream-giver in training. She is inquisitive and sometimes fails to follow the rules exactly, but she has a big heart and natural instincts at her job. Along with her trainer, Thin Elderly, Littlest One has to help her charges – an elderly woman taking care of a troubled foster child – ward off the nightmares caused by a horde of evil Sinisteeds.

This was very easy to read, and had the right touch of happiness to help me through the stress of traveling the last couple days. I’m sure it’s not for everyone – it is written for a very young audience – but it’s a great selection especially for children. And I really liked it. It’s well done.