The Puppets of Spelhorst (HB)
Author(s): Kate DiCamillo
9-12 Years Middle Readers | 2023 October New Releases | Kids' Reading Guide 2023-24
From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale, enchantingly illustrated, in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience, cunning and high spirits.
Once, there was a king. And a wolf. And a girl with a shepherd’s crook. And a boy with a bow and arrow. And also, there was an owl...
They were puppets, and they were waiting for a story to begin.
In this new work of short fiction by twice winner of the Newbery Medal Kate DiCamillo, exquisitely illustrated in black and white by Governor General Literary Award Finalist Julie Morstad, five puppets who find themselves together in an abandoned trunk are carried off into the adventure of a lifetime.
Product Information
A strange fairytale of a book, about five puppets who are seeking diferent things, and the little girl's story that they become a part of telling. Would be perfect for the right deep-thinking young reader of 8-11 - EC
Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most beloved storytellers, author of The Tale of Despereaux and Flora and Ulysses, both of which have been awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and the bestselling Mercy Watson series. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis, USA, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.
Julie Morstad is the illustrator of numerous acclaimed books for young readers, including House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg, When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano and Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova by Laurel Snyder. She lives in Vancouver, Canada.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Australia
- : Walker Books
- : 242.0
- : 30 June 2023
- : 198mm x 135mm x 198mm
- : 01 October 2023
- : books
Special Fields
- : Kate DiCamillo
- : Hardback
- : Julie Morstad
- : 813.6
- : 160
- : YFA