Five Little Fiends

By Sarah Dyer

Book Overview

Five little fiends each live in a statue and come out each day to enjoy the world around them. Then, one day, they decide that they want to keep their favorite parts of the world to themselves. So one... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582347514
• ISBN13: 9781582347516
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Enjoyed by 3 little fiends and their Mum

This book was a prezzie to my weeuns by their Auntie several years ago........and it's wound up in our stack of 'books we absolutely love' (that also includes several Anno books, plus ''And the Good Brown Earth'', 'The Princess of the Forest''',''The Story of the Root Children'', ''Children of the Forest'', (and several more Elsa Beskow books), ''Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates''.........and gobs more incredible stories my children absolutely LOVE to hear over and over again. . I have 2 little girls and a little boy.......so very often I will hear 'I want a BOY story' or 'I want a SHE story'.....but they ALL agree to this book at any time. A simple, classic tale that captures an important message in the smallest of detail. If the stories we read to our children at this young age make a lasting impression......then the message from this story makes it a must to read!!

BRILLIANT BOOK!

We (me, Husband Guy, 29-month-old Booger Eater, and the two Tuna Breaths) just got this book, and it's fantastic! The good-stuff messages of sharing, cooperation, and appreciation of nature are presented without the usual lecture, the flow of the book as a whole is perfect and satisfying, the artwork is superb, and the pictures of the fiends themselves are thoroughly charming. (Amusing to us all--the fiends have NIPPLES! Not often found in children's books, and far too lacking--we all got 'em! Kudos for the nipple inclusion!) Moreover, the Tuna Breaths find the hardcover edition quite pleasing to chin-rub on. An immediate, unanimous favorite! Ms. Dyer, more like this, please!

A Clever Children's Book

As a mother, I like this book very much. It illustrated the importance of sharing and appreciation of the grestest wonders around us. In additional to the interdependence of each wonder, how do they harmonize in reality. I applied it to our family when reading to my son who is under 3. He could easily understand how our different roles in the family. I wish him to learn sharing and appreciatation not only the wonders but also everything surrounded us.

Made my daughters eyes GLOW

My FIEND got my 3 year old daughter this book from Lebanon, when we read her this book she was fascinated, she asked us to read it over and over... the best thing about this book is that it's out of the ordinary topics, it takes about 5 little weird creatures who you will learn to like despite their ugly appearance, it talks about the importance of sharing and how even the greatest wonders of the world wont be as wonderful if we don't share them... it will make your kids appreciate nature and all it's wonders, and how the sun the moon the ground the sea and the sky all blend together to give as this beautiful complete picture...truly it's a good read! Thank you Maiso Bsaso

The Wonders of the World.....

"On a faraway plain stood five lonely statues. Inside each statue lived a little fiend. Every day they would come outside to marvel at their surroundings..." One day, they decided to take that part of the world each liked best, to keep inside their statue and enjoy as their own. One little fiend took the sun, another the sky, the third took the land, the fourth, the sea, and the last little fiend took the moon he so admired. But they soon came to realize that the sun need the sky to stay up, and the sky needed the land. The land died without the water from the sea, the sea needed the moon to flow, and the moon couldn't glow without the light from the sun. So they unselfishly put each part back where it belonged, "...and once again marvel at their surroundings." Sarah Dyer's simple, spare, and poetic text, with its gentle message of sharing and appreciation for the world around us, is complemented by her expressive, bold and colorful illustrations. Together word and art offer a gentle and evocative lesson about interdependence, harmony, and balance that won't be lost on young children. Perfect for youngsters 4-8, Five Little Fiends is a clever and engaging story that is sure to become a family favorite at your house.