The Engine Series
WHEN THE HAND STEPPED BACK
a night book of the three paces
William Vincent Carleton
Twice that season the father helped, once with Lúmine's frame and once with Líam's first wire, and both times he stepped back three paces and waited to be asked. The white dog understood without being told. An Engine Series story about help that ends cleanly, so children learn they can finish what they began, with reader notes and questions to carry.
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