<![CDATA[The Magician's Elephant]]>

false <![CDATA[The Magician's Elephant]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570595m/6345760.jpg 6345760 5 In her eagerly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected — and making the impossible 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. 6532095 book 8 9 2009 The Magician's Elephant total:725|5:209|4:266|3:182|2:61|1:7| 725 2784 1689 311 4 4 false false Thu Nov 19 09:46:27 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 11:13:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 16:59:18 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 17:07:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 13:07:52 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 05:56:33 -0800 2009 The Magician's Elephant illus. Yoko Tanaka
201 pp. Candlewick Press 09/09 ISBN 978-0-7636-4410-9 $16.99
(Intermediate)

Newbery-winning author Kate DiCamillo writes: "I wanted, I needed, I longed to tell a story of love and magic" (bookflap). In this boo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:26:51 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 06:52:37 -0700 2009
Peter Augustus Duchene is a ten year old orphan. When his guardian sen...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:08:15 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:08:37 -0700 2009
I keep wondering, with each new book, Can Kate DiCamillo really do it again? Can she possibly make the magic again? And the answer is always a ...more...]]> 3 5 false false Sun Jul 05 19:15:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 19:17:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 06:59:21 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 07:11:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:28:35 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 14:32:50 -0700 2009 once
Our young hero is a ten year old boy who spends his bread money on a fortuneteller. Though he knows he should not something tells him to pay the fortuneteller for the answer to one ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:35:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:20:43 -0700 2009
It's a story about a young boy in the late 1800's whose parents are n...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 10:39:20 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:21:58 -0800 2009 1 The book arrived at the apartment presumably in the afternoon. but i was somewhere else that day and had to come home late at night. well not that late, but pretty late. anyway, i completely forgot about the book.

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