From master storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes an original fairy tale enchantingly illustrated
in which five puppets confront circumstances beyond their control with patience cunning and
high spirits. Once there was a king. And a wolf. And a girl with a shepherd's crook. And a boy
with a bow and arrow. And also there was an owl... They were puppets and they were waiting
for a story to begin. In this new work of short fiction by twice winner of the Newbery Medal
Kate DiCamillo exquisitely illustrated in black and white by Governor General Literary Award
Finalist Julie Morstad five puppets who find themselves together in an abandoned trunk are
carried off into the adventure of a lifetime.
