The Magician's Elephant
By Kate DiCamillo; Yoko Tanaka (Illustrator)
(Iwanami Shoten/Tsai Fong Books, Hardcover, 9784001156355, 193pp.)
Publication Date: June 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Hardcover, Paperback, Hardcover, Compact Disc, Compact Disc, MP3 CD, MP3 CD
Categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next List“Reading this lovely story is like floating inside a dream, where anything is possible. When orphan Peter Augustus Duchene asks a fortuneteller for help in finding a long-lost sister, the fortuneteller says an elephant will lead him to her. In writing this timeless fable that will linger long after you turn the last page, Kate DiCamillo has outdone herself.”
-- Joanne R. Fritz, Chester County Book & Music Company, West Chester, PA
Description
Japanese edition of The Magician's Elephant. Ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene learns that his fate is tied to an elephant that has inexplicably fallen from the sky when a magician's trick goes terribly wrong, but the real mystery is how is he connected to that elephant! In Japanese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009
Kate DiCamillo's latest children's book, The Magician's Elephant, begins with a crash when an elephant bursts through the ceiling of an opera house. More at NPR.org
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