- author: Jeff Dinardo
- full title: The One Great Gnome
- narrator: Symone Stevens
- genre: children's fiction, fantasy
- age: 7 - 11 (reading age)
- grade level: 2 - 5
- topics: #gnomes, #trolls
- publisher: Red Chair Press/One Elm Books
- publish date: 17.01.2021
- timing: 2:48:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
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Exerpt from the book:
Suddenly, the statue started to move. At first Sarah thought she was imagining it. The statue almost seemed to make a little hop, then another, like popcorn right before it bursts open. Sarah looked around her room to see if everything was jumping. Maybe Connecticut has earthquakes, she thought. But nothing else was moving. Sarah was going to run away, but she had to know what was happening. She jumped on her bed and hid under the covers, just letting her head stick out the tiniest bit. The statue jumped and jittered until it fell from the nightstand and landed on the floor with a thud. Sarah couldn't see it now, but the shaking seemed to have stopped. At least she couldn't hear it anymore. Sarah slowly crept to the edge of her bed and peeked over the side. She came face to face with a little creature that was looking up at her.
"Ahhh!" Sarah screamed.
"Ahhhhhhh!" screamed the creature. It was the statue, and he was alive!
My Thoughts:
The One Great Gnome is a lovely fantasy story for younger children. Sarah just moved from Manhattan to the countryside to a farmhouse. When she explores the house and surroundings, she finds a weird-looking statue of a gnome. Soon Sarah discovers that it is a living gnome turned to stone. After she helps him to turn back to normal, it escapes. When she follows the gnome, she accidentally finds a secret passage to the gnome world.The narrator is perfect for this story, and she does all the voices very well. Some background noises contribute to a pleasant listening experience.
