The Storyteller's RuleFrom the author illustrator of Lucky, Christy Mandin, comes a humorous and charming picture book starring a group of exuberant writing supplies who help a young girl suffering from a creative block to finish her perfect story. Birdie usually has no problem creating masterpieces. But today is different: Her perfect story just wont manifest itself. But no fear, the Storytellers are here! In this hilarious and sweet picture book, a young childs pens,

as Strout's iconic heroine Lucy Barton

her husband left her a small fortune

" or you feel as though you just cram stuff in cabinets and hope for the best

” or exposes the cruelty of Christianity

One: Alice genuinely likes people

investigates the author’s unexpected demise

readers will learn the poignant story of Peter Wake‘s final years in Key West with his beloved Maria

Wavy knows not to trust people

through one girl at a hinge point in history

Davis’s The Gulf is “by turns informative

Their eight windowless “tombs” are the well-known haunts of the rich and powerful

And Kit also starts to suspect Lenora might not be telling the complete truth—and that the seemingly harmless woman in her care could be far more dangerous than she first thought