Opening book details…
Can I read The Something on EtoBox?
The Something by Babbitt, Natalie; Babbitt, Natalie is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Something about?
"The truth is that Mylo was very much afraid of the dark," so begins Natalie Babbitt's beloved picture book The Something. Mylo...is afraid of an indefinable Something coming in through his window at night. Given some modeling clay by his concerned mother, he finally succeeds in making a statue of the Something...The clever, ironic story interprets common childhood fears of the dark in a way that should prove highly amusing to many small children."—Starred/Booklist The Something was made into a short animated film of the same name in 2015.
Who reads The Something?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Babbitt, Natalie; Babbitt, Natalie
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781429955188
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Growing Up & Facts Of Life
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14