Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illus. by Patrick Benson. Candlewick, $15.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6144-1
Peet and Graham, who most recently collaborated on Mysterious Traveler, add to their library of tales about children from other times and places with this story about Yazul, a boy who lives along the Silk Road. Yazul’s father is lord of a han, of...
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Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, illus. by P.J. Lynch. Candlewick, $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6232-5
A group of travelers who approach the famous guide Issa for help traversing the dangerous Bitter Mountains snort with derision when they learn he is blind: “A blind guide? Is this some sort of joke? Some sort of trick?” Lynch’s painting shows the...
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Mal Peet, Author, Elspeth Graham, Author, Juan Wijngaard, Illustrator , illus. by Juan Wijngaard Candlewick $15.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-7636-4453-6
A story inspired by Chinese legends comes to luminous life in the hands of Carnegie Medal–winner Peet (Tamar
); his wife, Graham; and Greenaway Medalist Wijngaard (Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
). The authors’ richly descriptive tone...
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