![]() ![]() Every time I read a Kate DiCamillo book I'm blown away! Little Beatryce stole my heart It lifted me out of lockdown and reignited a childlike wonder in the power of stories (and love) to change the world. ![]() Publisher: Walker Books Ltd ISBN: 9781529503623 Number of pages: 256 Weight: 232 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĪbsolutely extraordinary. But should she lose her way, Beatryce knows that those who love her - a wild-eyed monk, a man who had once been king, a boy with a terrible sword and a goat with a head as hard as stone - will never give up searching for her. As the monk nurses Beatryce to health, he uncovers her dangerous secret - one that imperils them all.Īnd so it is that a girl with a head full of stories must venture into a dark wood in search of the castle of a king who wishes her dead. ![]() Gentle Brother Edik finds the girl, Beatryce, curled in a stall, wracked with fever, coated in dirt and blood and holding fast to the ear of Answelica the recalcitrant goat. In a time of war, a mysterious child appears at the monastery of the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing. We shall all, in the end, find our way home. We shall all, in the end, be led to where we belong. A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-winning Sophie Blackall - a fantastical meditation on fate, love and the power of words to spell the world. ![]()
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