The puppets of Spelhorst

ISBN: 9781536216752 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print 160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.

DiCamillo, Kate. (Author). Morstad, Julie. (Added Author).

Summary: "Shut up in a trunk by a taciturn old sea captain with a secret, five friends--a king, a wolf, a girl, a boy, and an owl--bicker, boast, and comfort one another in the dark. Individually, they dream of song and light, freedom and flight, purpose and glory, but they all agree they are part of a larger story, bound each to each by chance, bonded by the heart's mysteries. When at last their shared fate arrives, landing them on a mantel in a blue room in the home of two little girls, the truth is more astonishing than any of them could have imagined"--