The Magician's Elephant

Candlewick Press, 2009. first edition. Hardback. Very Good. Yoko Tanaka. dust jacket is in good shape small amoun ruffling edges/shelve wear, spine is good corners good bottom right front corner slightly worn/slightly worn at top and bottom of spine, book has been read lightly. In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the extraordinary come true. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true. With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes — hope and belonging, desire and compassion — with the lightness of a magician’s touch....The Magician's Elephant Author Kate DiCamillo Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka Edition illustrated, Publisher Candlewick Press, 2011 ISBN 0763652989, 9780763652982 Length 201 pages Subjects Juvenile Fiction › Animals › Elephants Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Elephants Family / Orphans & Foster Homes Family / Siblings / Fantasy & Magic Kate DiCamillo is the author of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, which was awarded the Newbery Medal; THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE, winner of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, a Newbery Honor winner; THE TIGER RISING, a National Book Award Finalist; the picture book GREAT JOY; and five books starring Mercy Watson, including a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. She lives in Minneapolis. Yoko Tanaka is a graduate of the Art Center College in Pasadena, California. She is the illustrator of THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS by R. L. LaFevers, and SPARROW GIRL by Sara Pennypacker. Yoko Tanaka lives in Los Angeles and Bangkok. .........Ruth Reaser LAX Vespa Books and rags- not a thrift shop, no minions, megastore, books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I get small profit to cover time,costs amazingly small profit... Los Angeles Area at whatever PO,I carefully pack book then have to hop on my Vespa and visit the PO