Kafka and the Doll
$43.34
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2021
Summary
Based on a true story about Franz Kafka
Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world’s most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall of 1923, Franz Kafka encountered a distraught little girl on a walk in the park. She’d lost her doll and was inconsolable. Kafka told her the doll wasn’t lost, but instead, traveling the world and having grand adventures! And to reassure her, Kafka began delivering letters from t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593116326 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593116321 |
| Author: | Larissa Theule, Rebecca Green |
| Publisher: | Penguin USA |
| Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 442g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 226mm x 275mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
★”Spun from a true anecdote and likely to move adult readers as well as younger ones, this set of
quiet encounters between a writer and a child has as much going on between the spare, poetic
lines as in them… . A tribute to the way words can change lives, as well as a rare glimpse of a
writer most of us perhaps only think we know.” –Booklist, starred review
★“ … this charmingly enhanced tale has it all: the kindness of a stranger, the loss of a beloved toy, adventures, and even closure. A winsome tale for the young, this could also be of value in high school collections where Kafka is taught.” –School Library Journal, starred review
“This reimagined telling has an engaging charm that rings true.” –Kirkus Reviews
Larissa Theule
Larissa Theule holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and is the author of the picture books Born to Ride: A Story About Bicycle Face, A Way with Wild Things, and How Do You Do? She lives in Pasadena, California.
Rebecca Green is the author and illustrator of How to Make Friends with a Ghost and the illustrator of many other celebrated picture books. Originally from Michigan, she currently lives in Osaka, Japan.
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