Two new neighbors discover that friends are what make a house a home. Clancy has just moved. He is missing his old house terriblythe new house is much too big and much too lonelyand he wonders how he will ever make it his home. With the help of his new friend Millie, Clancy builds towers to the sky and trains to the street outside, and together they build the home that Clancy thought he had lost forever.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Hardie Grant Egmont .

Libby Gleeson's work has been shortlisted for awards by the Children's Book Council nine times. Julie Vivas's titles include The Very Best of Friends, Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia's Picture Book of the Year Award. Roddy Doyle lives in Ireland with his wife, Belinda and their two children. Scotland native Freya Blackwood grew up and currently lives in Orange, NSW, about three and a half hours west of Sydney (Australia). Creativity is in her blood. Her mother, Kay, is a painter and jeweler, and her father, John, is an architect. As her grandfather was also a painter, there was ample influence and encouragement in artistic pursuits as she grew up.