02611cam a2200553 i 4500 1868263258 TxAuBib 20250122120000.0 240111s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024937336 9781536223316 hardcover 153622331X hardcover (OCoLC)1416951928 TxAuBib rda DiCamillo, Kate, author. The Hotel Balzaar / by Kate DiCamillo ; iIllustrated by Jlia Sar̉d. First edition. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. ©2024. 150 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Norendy Tales, The ; 2 At 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 little 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 the while dreaming of the return of her soldier father, who has gone missing. One day, a mysterious countess with a parrot checks in, promising a story -- in fact, seven stories in all, each to be told in its proper order. As the stories unfold, Marta begins to wonder: could the secret to her father's disappearance lie in the countess's tales? -- Provided by publisher. 20250122. Storytelling Juvenile fiction. Parrots Juvenile fiction. Hotels Juvenile fiction. Soldiers Missing in action Juvenile fiction. Fathers and daughters Juvenile fiction. Hotel cleaning personnel Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Puppets Juvenile fiction. Toys Juvenile fiction. Circus Juvenile fiction. Adventure fiction. Fantasy fiction. lcgft Fairy tales. Action and adventure fiction. lcgft Illustrated works. Novellas. Sardà, Júlia, illustrator. The Norendy Tales ; 2. TXKPL