The Goblin and the Empty Chair
Mem Fox, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon
Readers rate it 4.3 (4 on Hardcover)
Released 2009 · Beach Lane Books
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A note for parents
This is a gentle picture book about acceptance and belonging, featuring a goblin protagonist who learns self-worth and finds family. The story centers on themes of overcoming fear and isolation through kindness and connection. While the goblin's initial hiding and feelings of unworthiness create some emotional weight around self-perception and loneliness, the overall tone is hopeful and reassuring rather than distressing.
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A goblin who for many years has been hiding himself so that he does not frighten anyone finally finds a family. A goblin who for many years has been hiding himself so that he does not frighten anyone finally finds a family.
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- Fiction
- Goblins
- Self-perception
- Grief
- Helpfulness
- Friendship
- Goblins -- Fiction
- Children's fiction
- Self-perception, fiction
- Grief, fiction
- Helpfulness, fiction
- Friendship, fiction
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ISBN 9781416985853 · Beach Lane Books