Bob Robber and Dancing Jane

by Andrew Matthews

The poetic text and magical illustrations offer an older, picture book audience an interesting allegory of how simple goodness overcomes the darkness that can exist in us all.Bob Robber lived alone and only came out at night. His hair was black as bats and his eyes the colour of the new moon. One summer night he saw Dancing Jane -- “Her feet were light, her eyes were brown and her dress was white as winter snow.” This is the story of how Bob Robber steals Dancing Jane’s shadow and then, full of remorse decides to return it and, for the first time in his life, asks for something instead of stealing it -- he asks Jane if she will teach him to dance.From the Hardcover edition.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

30 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

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Andrew Matthews was born in South Glamorgan in 1948. Andrew taught English in Hampshire after which he became a full-time writer. He lives in Reading with his wife and their cats. Andrew's work has been widely translated and he has made numerous appearances at schools and libraries throughout the UK.


Source: United Agents.

Reviews

[Abel]

Bonita historia, pero algo facilista y forzada en su desenlace

[Jo]

This book really sneaks up on you and you need to read it over and over again. The language is magical and the way the author builds and weaves the story through the careful word choices is so clever.