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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Book Review by Aarene Storms: The Magician's Elephant

The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson

The fortune teller's words seemed to make no sense: to find his sister, whom he'd been told had died years earlier, young orphaned Peter DuChene must "follow the elephant." 

This begins a remarkable series of magic and miracles through a mythical Old World town in the midst of a bitter winter. The characters are outrageous and amazing: a missing sister, a singing beggar, a blind dog, a crippled stone carver, a magically-conjured elephant and most especially, a policeman who continually and hopefully asks: "What If?"

Inventive, surreal, and poetic prose narrate a fable to captivate readers and listeners, ages 8 to adult.

The audio book is highly recommended for all ages.

Aarene Storms is a storyteller and a librarian at the Richmond Beach Library
 

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