The Historian Ashland Children's Festival

The Historian Ashland Children's FestivalTo you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history. Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters

4” (12cm) long and 1” (5cm) wide

Horton is back

and a pig—all toys arranged on a child’s windowsill—wait for marvelous things to happen in this irresistible picture book by the New York Times–bestselling and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes

BrickHeadz eyes

from the last days of the 1970s to the present

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (May 7

Age Range: 2 - 6 years

Spare and unsparing

where mice stir and furry moths flutter

with opening cockpit

some of whom also left commentary scribbled in the margins

python-repelling cheese hats: Rosie’s gizmos would astound—if she ever let anyone see them