The New York Times bestselling and award-winning creators behind Library Lion deliver a warm (and delightfully fuzzy) storybook, another classic in the making, marked by humour and depth, endearing characters and the assurance that the right people will accept and adore us, unconditionally, just as we are.
On a street of old houses, a big hairy spider is searching for a home with dark corners to hide in. But when he wakes up, he finds a hand reaching for him, and a lady proclaiming that she has always wanted a kitten – and will name him Luigi! At first, a somewhat puzzled Luigi, used to being left alone to creep and dangle and spin webs, resists her kind advances. But soon, tasty breakfasts and getting tucked into bed (no one’s ever wished him good night before) have him thinking that kittens surely live magical lives. I will be a kitten! he decides. But how long can he keep up his façade, and what might be at stake in pretending to be someone you’re not?
Michelle Knudsen is the author of Evil Librarian; the bestselling picture book Library Lion, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; Argus, illustrated by Andrea Wesson; and Big Mean Mike, illustrated by Scott Magoon. She is also the author of the Trelian series. Michelle Knudsen lives in Brooklyn, New York.
More about Michelle KnudsenKevin Hawkes is the illustrator of many award-winning books for children, including Weslandia and City Circus, both written by Paul Fleischman, and Me, All Alone at the End of the World, written by M. T. Anderson. He lives with his wife and children in Southern Maine, in the USA.
