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.
