02380cam a2200493 i 4500 1635712721 TxAuBib 20241002120000.0 240111s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781536223316 hardcover 153622331X hardcover TxAuBib rda DiCamillo, Kate, author. The Hotel Balzaar / Kate DiCamillo ; iIllustrated by Júlia Sard. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Norendy tale, A At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta's mother rises before the sun, puts on her uniform, and instructs Marta to roam as she will but quietly, invisibly like a little mouse. While her mother cleans rooms, Marta slips down the back staircase to the grand lobby to chat with the bellman, study the painting of an angel's wing over the fireplace, and watch a cat chase a mouse around the face of the grandfather clock, all the while dreaming of the return of her soldier father, who has gone missing. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a story--in fact, seven stories in all, each to be told in its proper order. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father's disappearance lie in the countess's tales? -- Provided by publisher. 20241002. Storytelling Juvenile fiction. Storytelling Fiction. Hotels Juvenile fiction. Soldiers Missing in action Juvenile fiction. Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction. Puppets Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Toys Fiction. fairy tales. aat novellas. aat Fantasy fiction. fast Fairy tales. Action and adventure fiction. fast Illustrated works. fast Novellas. rvmgf Contes de fées. rvmgf Ouvrages illustrés. rvmgf Novellas. rvmgf Sardà, Júlia, illustrator. A Norendy tale.