Otto is a mirror who lives and works at Topper’s Hat Store. His job is to stand still and reflect the customers as they try on hats. This is tedious work, especially for a mirror who dreams of traveling around the world to exotic destinations. When Otto can’t resist playing a joke on Mr. Topper’s best customer, Curly Joe, mayhem ensues, but by a stroke of weird fate, Otto finds himself headed for a better place. The preposterous humor of Otto is taken a step further in the gleefully subversive watercolor illustrations. Of this delectably offbeat debut, Maurice Sendak writes: “Ali Bahrampour . . . has rifled through the treasure trove of American and European picture books of the last half-century and cooked up something fresh and delightful. Otto shows remarkable promise.”

Otto: The Story of a Mirror

Children's Books

Bahrampour, Ali

Action & Adventure

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

A pig is invited to dinner with the queen in this delightfully funny misfit tale &nbsp; Bobo is rolling around in the mud when somebody slips a letter under his door. It's an invitation to have dinner with the queen! "Why me?" Bobo wonders. What will he do at a fancy palace? He's covered in fleas. He doesn't know which fork to use. He has never been anywhere so grand! Indeed, when he arrives, Bobo feels terribly out of place. And trouble is following him wherever he turns! But maybe . . . he's not the only one who'd like to let loose? For any kids who have tried their hardest to behave at a grown-up gathering, Bobo the boar is just the itchy, clumsy, endearing hero they've been waiting for. &nbsp;

A Pig in the Palace

Animals

Harry N. Abrams

Review\n**STARRED REVIEW** 
"The cartoonish humor of the drawings provides a perfect counterpart to the calm, concise language of the tale’s spare sentences, much as Hakim’s steady resolve provides counterpoint to the jitters of his companions. With a subtle moral—everything is a monster in the fog—that is rendered playfully but is still thought-provoking."―School Library Journal\n"Plays on viewer expectations, but the real fun comes from the opportunity to guess what the fog illusions really are at storytime." ―The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\n"The watercolor illustrations are dramatically composed, full of humor, and punctuated with mysterious glowing fog. A book that is perfect for storytime and, with its clean design and accessible text, also for new readers." ―The Horn Book Magazine\n"'It’s hard to knit a sweater with your hooves,' writes Bahrampour (A Pig in the Palace) in the irresistible opening to this parable about curiosity versus fear, 'but Hakim somehow did it,'. . .he book’s meaning is unmistakable, and even urgent: snap judgments and trepidation are no way to move forward in the world." ―Publishers Weekly\nA donkey’s trip up the mountain turns eerie when he encounters “monsters” along the way in this humorous, suspenseful tale about challenging first impressions 
Hakim is traveling up the mountain to visit his friend Daisy, but the fog is so thick that he can't see the road ahead. Then an old goat appears out of nowhere and delivers a sinister warning: “Beware! Beware! There are monsters up there!”\nHakim trots with caution, until he hears an awful groan, growing closer and closer. And out of the mist comes the strangest creature Hakim has ever seen. . . .\nIs Hakim doomed? Or are things not always what they seem? In this clever story about how appearances can be deceiving, Ali Bahrampour reminds us that everyone looks like a monster in the fog—until you get closer.

Monsters in the Fog: A Picture Book

Monstruos en la niebla / Monsters in the Mist (Spanish Edition)

Early Learning

Editorial Kairos

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