The Ship in the Window artist-Laura Cornell and Marietta was mesmerized

and Marietta was mesmerized

assuage parental fears

and finding wonder in the things that we walk right past every day—featuring full-color illustrations by Sakika Kikuchi

threatening Aaron’s dreams and Divya’s actual life

puffer fish

The Ship in the Window artist-Laura Cornell and Marietta was mesmerizedCaldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell and librarian Travis Jonker have crafted a timeless tale of a little mouse and a big adventure. Mabel the mouse wants nothing more than to be a fearless sea captain traveling the world in search of adventure. Every night she watches a man carefully construct a model ship, as his son watches by her side. Mabel and the boy know the model ship is anything but a toy, but they both long to see if it can really float. So