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IndieBound The first book from Enchanted Lionâs new imprint centering innovative picture books for older readers, this retelling of a Balearic folktale strips out the moralizing and revives a story of startling violence and insight. When a small, white, red-eyed mouse, âvery neat and very hardworking,â finds a coin, she buys a cabbage and builds a house for herself out of it. Sheâs subsequently pursued by a series of suitors attracted by her character and her property; after rejecting donkeys, ducks, and cats as too raucous, she marries the âkitten that seemed the most defenselessââwith predictably disastrous consequences. Bold illustrations in neutrals, blood red, and royal blue tell a parallel story that operates as an interpretive cipher and the narrativeâs key; though a contextualizing note within the volume would doubtless be helpful for some readers, the bookâs brilliance lies in its intriguing disjunction between word and ima
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