Going home

Resource Information

The work Going home represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Going home

Statement of responsibility

Margaret Wild ; [illustrated by] Wayne Harris

Creator

• trueWild, Margaret, 1948-

Contributor

• trueHarris, Wayne

Subject

• Jungle animals -- Juvenile fiction
• Imagination -- Juvenile fiction
• truePicture books for children
• Homesickness -- Juvenile fiction
• Premier's reading challenge K-2
• Hospitals -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Premier's reading challenge K-2
• truePicture books for children

Language

eng

Summary

"Hugo is staying in hospital and is anxious to go home. From his bed overlooking the zoo, he hears the noises of the animals and begins daydreaming of a world outside the hospital. One by one, the animals invite him to join them first an elephant, then a howler monkey, and finally a snow leopard and he returns with tales of his adventures and souvenirs for his envious sister. When it is finally time to go home, Hugo shares his secret with the other kids in the ward who then put on their slippers for their own imaginative adventures A reissue of the classic picture book about the power of imagination and hope in transcending ones surroundings."--Provided by publisher

Dewey number

A823.3

Index

no index present

Intended audience

For children

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

juvenile