Kate DiCamillo is one of America’s most beloved
storytellers, author of The Tale of Despereaux and Flora and
Ulysses, both of which have been awarded the prestigious Newbery
Medal; Because of Winn-Dixie, which received a Newbery Honor; The
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, which won a Boston Globe-Horn
Book Award; and the bestselling Mercy Watson series. Born in
Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis,
USA, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a
week.
Sophie Blackall has illustrated numerous books, including
Deborah Noyes’s Red Butterfly; Rukhsana Khan’s Big Red Lollipop, a
New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; and Annie
Barrows’s bestselling Ivy and Bean series. Sophie lives in
Brooklyn, NY.
Absolutely extraordinary. Every time I read a Kate DiCamillo book
I'm blown away! Little Beatryce stole my heart […] It lifted me out
of lockdown and reignited a childlike wonder in the power of
stories (and love) to change the world. It's a beauty of a
book.
*Abi Elphinstone*
Everything she writes glitters with ideas […] The Beatryce
Prophecy, (is) a highly original tale […] In the course of the
story, written in a distinctive, compulsive style that sucks you in
like a literary vacuum cleaner, DiCamillo, based in Minneapolis,
raises big questions about the education of girls, the sort of
world we want to inhabit, how we should live in it and what sort of
qualities one should have to lead it. […] DiCamillo has an inbuilt
lightness of touch and a way with plot as Beatryce endeavours to
return a sword to the king, free her mother from his tower and
teach Jack how to read.
*The Times*
I fervently hope it reaches as wide a young audience as it
deserves, to live as long inside them.
*The Big Issue*
The ingenuity of Kate DiCamillo’s narrative is its ability to tell
an engrossing tale while surreptitiously alluding to a multitude of
philosophies. The prophecy above is one such multilayered highly
nuanced example… With its inspired pacing, inviting, often
audacious prose, and masterful illustrations, The Beatryce Prophecy
is at once a thrilling, gripping and jolly read that chimes with
the purpose, power and value of storytelling. And a whole heap more
but I urge you to make that journey of discovery for yourself.
*Dimity Powell*
A wonderful uplifting tale with heart-filled heroes… highly
recommended. Magic for the soul.
*Funday Telegraph*
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