The Hotel Balzaar
(Wonderbook)

Release date supplied by publisher.

Issued as a Wonderbook, a pre-loaded audiobook player permanently attached to a hardcover book.

Powered by a rechargeable battery; USB charger required for recharging.

Audiobook player has 2 modes. Read-Along mode narrates the story. Learning mode asks questions related to the story.

Print book published by Penguin Random House.

Audiobook originally released by Penguin Random House.

Recording length: 2 hours, 13 minutes.

Narrated by Allan Corduner.

In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within talesand every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisiblylike a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier father, who has gone missing. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a storyin fact, seven stories in all, each to be told in its proper order. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father's disappearance lie in the countess's tales? Book two in a trio of novellas bound by place and moodwith elegant line art by Julia SardaThe Hotel Balzaar masterfully juggles yearning and belief, shining light into every dark corner.

Grades 2 - 5.

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