Synopses & Reviews
Discover how Jack Frost keeps the hearts of children happy in the third picture book in Academy Award winner William Joyceand#8217;s andlt;iandgt;New York Times andlt;/iandgt;bestselling and and#8220;dazzlingly inventiveand#8221; (andlt;iandgt;Publishers Weeklyandlt;/iandgt;) The Guardians of Childhood series.andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Before Jack Frost was Jack Frost, he was Nightlight, the most trusted and valiant companion of Mim, the Man in the Moon. But when Pitch destroys Mimand#8217;s world, he nearly destroys Nightlight too, sending him plunging to Earth where, like Peter Pan, he is destined to remain forever a boy, frozen in time. And while Nightlight has fun sailing icy winds and surfing clouds, he is also lonely without his friend Mim. To keep the cold in his heart from taking over, he spreads it to the landscapes around him and earns a new name: Jack Overland Frost.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;But a true friend always comes through, and on one particularly bleak night, Mim shines down and shows Jack a group of children in great peril. Through helping them, Jack finds the warmth heand#8217;s been yearning for, and realizes bringing joy to others can melt his own chill. It is this realizationand#8212;that there will always be children who need moments of bravery, who need rosy cheeks, who need to build snowmen, and who are then eager for a spring dayand#8212;that makes Jack realize why he is a forever boy, and worthy of becoming a Guardian of Childhood.
Synopsis
Discover how Jack Frost keeps the hearts of children happy in the third picture book in Academy Award winner William Joyce's New York Times bestselling and "dazzlingly inventive" (Publishers Weekly) The Guardians of Childhood series.
Before Jack Frost was Jack Frost, he was Nightlight, the most trusted and valiant companion of Mim, the Man in the Moon. But when Pitch destroys Mim's world, he nearly destroys Nightlight too, sending him plunging to Earth where, like Peter Pan, he is destined to remain forever a boy, frozen in time. And while Nightlight has fun sailing icy winds and surfing clouds, he is also lonely without his friend Mim. To keep the cold in his heart from taking over, he spreads it to the landscapes around him and earns a new name: Jack Overland Frost.
But a true friend always comes through, and on one particularly bleak night, Mim shines down and shows Jack a group of children in great peril. Through helping them, Jack finds the warmth he's been yearning for, and realizes bringing joy to others can melt his own chill. It is this realization--that there will always be children who need moments of bravery, who need rosy cheeks, who need to build snowmen, and who are then eager for a spring day--that makes Jack realize why he is a forever boy, and worthy of becoming a Guardian of Childhood.
About the Author
William Joyce does a lot of stuffandmdash;films, apps, Olympic curlingandmdash;but childrenandrsquo;s books are his true bailiwick (andlt;iandgt;Billyandrsquo;s Boogerandlt;/iandgt;;andlt;iandgt; The Numberlysandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;The Man in the Moonandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare Kingandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;A Bean, A Stalk, and a Boy Named Jackandlt;/iandgt;; and the #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;iandgt;The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreandlt;/iandgt;, which is also an Academy Awardandndash;winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.William Joyce does a lot of stuffandmdash;films, apps, Olympic curlingandmdash;but childrenandrsquo;s books are his true bailiwick (andlt;iandgt;Billyandrsquo;s Boogerandlt;/iandgt;;andlt;iandgt; The Numberlysandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;The Man in the Moonandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare Kingandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;A Bean, A Stalk, and a Boy Named Jackandlt;/iandgt;; and the #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;iandgt;The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreandlt;/iandgt;, which is also an Academy Awardandndash;winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.