"The acrobat works in a circus, but nobody notices him. He decides to leave and find a new audience, but even his very best tricks fail to catch anyone's attention. But just as the acrobat is about to give up hope altogether, something extraordinary happens to change his luck"--Back cover.
While Will has exciting adventures with aliens, mummies, and more, his little sister, Flora, captures them in pictures to hang in her treehouse, making them even better than Will imagined.
"It's hard being an older sister when everybody is admiring your newly born younger brother - particularly on your birthday. Especially when that younger brother is noisy, smelly and slimy - just like a tiny squid! How can our hero grab everyone's attention, and grow to love her brother in the process? This ... picture book reminds us of the power of the imagination, and shows us how telling stories can help us order and deal with our experiences"--Back cover.
When the power goes off one night, Nina conquers her fear of the dark by going out and trapping one of the fireflies lighting up the sky, and she has fun playing with him until she realizes his light is growing ever dimmer and she must set him free.
