Review of the Day: A House That Once Was by Julie Fogliano, ill. Lane Smith

A House That Once Was
By Julie Fogliano
Illustrated by Lane Smith
Roaring Brook Press (an imprint of Macmillan)
$18.99
ISBN: 978-1-62672-314-6
Ages 4-7
On shelves May 1st

When I was growing up there was an empty house across the street. A melancholy, haunted structure that seemed to wear its sadness like a badge. No one ever moved into it that I can recall, and the neighborhood kids would attempt to conjure up ghost stories to match its tired visage. I never went in it. Never even peek...