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The Light Inside

40 pp. | Penguin Workshop | August, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9780593521625 $8.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Dan Misdea. When a mischievous black cat runs off with a little jack-o'-lantern child's purple mouse stuffie, the child must face their fears to find their beloved friend. In the end, stuffie and child are reunited, and our hero discovers a reserve of courage they didn't know they had. A lot happens in this wordless Halloween adventure that plays out in cleanly rendered panel illustrations. The jack-o'-lantern travels across a river and into a forest where they encounter a skeleton, ghosts, a witch (sad about her missing black cat), a giant octopus, and, scariest of all, the dark. The details sound frightening, but the art's soft palette and comforting round shapes signal to young readers and listeners that they needn't be.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2023

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