When a young girl named Kikko realizes her father has forgotten the pie he was supposed to bring to Grandma's house, she offers to try and catch him as he makes his way through the woods. She hurriedly follows her father's footprints in the snow and happens upon a large house she has never seen before.
Curious, Kikko peers through the window, when she is startled by a small lamb wearing a coat and carrying a purse. Even more surprising, the lamb speaks, asking her in a kind voice, "Are you here for the tea party?" Suddenly, Kikko realizes her trip through the woods has turned into something magical.
"This work feels new and old, combining motifs from traditional and canonical literature....The texture of the charcoal on paper gives the dark trees of the forest a wavery roughness as the author-illustrator artfully creates a barren landscape with the adept use of value, white space, and perspective." -- Erin Reilly-Sanders, School Library Journal
Recommended Age | 4 - 8 |
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Author | Akiko Miyakoshi |
Illustrator | Akiko Miyakoshi |
ISBN | 1771381078 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Publisher | Kids Can Press |
Language | English |