![]() ![]() ![]() Marshmallow reviews The Magician’s Elephant by Kate DiCamillo. ![]() Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and. Marshmallow has reviewed two books by Kate DiCamillo before: Flora and Ulysses and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.Today she reviews a third book of hers, The Magician’s Elephant. In this timeless fable, she evokes the largest of themes - hope and belonging, desire and compassion - with the lightness of a magician's touch. Read Magicians Elephant by DiCamillo, Kate, lexile & reading level: 730, (ISBN: 9780763649418). With atmospheric illustrations by fine artist Yoko Tanaka, here is a dreamlike and captivating tale that could only be narrated by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo. What if? Why not? Could it be? When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it's true. Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpected and making the extraordinary come true. Several of her books made the New York Times bestsellers list. ![]() Book Condition: New Publisher: Candlewick, September 2009. Kate DiCamillo is an American author of children’s fiction and twice winner of the Newbery Medal. ![]()
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