{"product_id":"9781529529166","title":"The Hotel Balzaar : A wise and magical story that celebrates fairytales from the internationally bestselling author of THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX, perfect for age 8, 9, 10, 11","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): DiCamillo, Kate \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/01\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 160 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529529166,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a wise and magical follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales – and where every moment is a story in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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 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 while dreaming of the return of her soldier father. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a story – in fact, seven stories in all. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father’s disappearance lie in the countess’s tales?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56124258156917,"sku":"9781529529166","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781529529166","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}