The Hotel Balzaar /
DiCamillo, Kate,
The Hotel Balzaar / - First edition. - 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - A Norendy tale . - DiCamillo, Kate. Norendy tale. .
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, invisibly like 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 story--in 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? --
9781536223316 153622331X
Storytelling--Juvenile fiction.
Hotels--Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers--Missing in action--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Puppets--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Toys--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
fairy tales.
novellas.
Fantasy fiction.
Fairy tales.
Action and adventure fiction.
Illustrated works.
Novellas.
Contes de f�ees.
Ouvrages illustr�es.
Novellas.
PZ7.D5455 / Ho 2024
[Fic]
The Hotel Balzaar / - First edition. - 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. - A Norendy tale . - DiCamillo, Kate. Norendy tale. .
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, invisibly like 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 story--in 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? --
9781536223316 153622331X
Storytelling--Juvenile fiction.
Hotels--Juvenile fiction.
Soldiers--Missing in action--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Puppets--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Toys--Fiction.
Storytelling--Fiction.
fairy tales.
novellas.
Fantasy fiction.
Fairy tales.
Action and adventure fiction.
Illustrated works.
Novellas.
Contes de f�ees.
Ouvrages illustr�es.
Novellas.
PZ7.D5455 / Ho 2024
[Fic]