*Winner of the Klaus Flugge Prize for Illustration 2023*
From the award-winning creator of
Flooded
and
Lost
comes a magical story about the joy of discovering a connection with books for the very first time.
*2025 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner*
This brightly illustrated adventure story is perfect for kids who claim to hate reading, as the enchanting narrative
opens their eyes to a fantasy world created by words on a page
.
In this spellbinding story, we meet a little girl excited for the summer vacation. No more school! However, she’s given the very unreasonable task of reading a whole book over the holidays. A
whole
book? but she
HATES
books. Luckily, her sister takes her to the library and says she has just the thing.
Slowly, the little girl is drawn into a world of adventure inside her own imagination, for the very first time. Even the grayscale world starts to fill with color as she is
carried away in the story
. A little fennec fox leads her to meet fairytale witches and creatures as they find ingredients to cast a special spell at the end of her book.
The little girl is dismayed to learn that this spell seemingly hasn't changed a thing. However, the little fox points out that she is completely transformed:
discovering the power of her imagination has changed her forever
This charming and engaging picture book shows children how wonderful books can really be,
leaving them with a lifelong affinity for reading
. Discover adventure on every page and get lost in
The Spell of a Story