Campbell's illustrations and comic-book panels add much appeal.
The story is charming, funny, and poignant, and K.G. The subtitle references a medieval manuscript whose text was enriched by its illustrations. Parents need to know that 2014 Newbery Medal winner Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures, by Kate DiCamillo ( Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux) is an engaging tale of 10-year-old "natural-born cynic" Flora and her friend Ulysses, a squirrel who suddenly acquires superpowers. (Sept.For no apparent reason, Flora's mother starts smoking, which Flora takes as a sure sign of trouble.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Even adults will appreciate a tale in which street smarts mix with book learning, and resourcefulness and confidence are matched by loyalty and respect. Screenwriters Epstein and Jacobson's children's book debut is a grand adventure with entertaining characters and magic-induced fun, written in an appropriately cinematic style (Sony Pictures Animation has optioned the story). When a prophecy foretells that three spell-casters from Stone Runlet will save the world, the formerly benevolent Queen Loranella kills the students' mentor and takes the young novices prisoner, leaving it to the familiars to rescue the children. Aldwyn likes his cushy new life in Stone Runlet with Jack and two other students, but he struggles to convince his fellow familiars-a blue jay named Skylar and a tree frog named Gilbert-that he's as magical as they are.
He takes refuge in a pet store that sells animal familiars to local wizards and is purchased by Jack, a young apprentice. After starving alley cat Aldwyn steals food from a fishmonger once too often, he is chased by a notorious bounty hunter intent on exterminating him.
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