Shy Willow
Feb 2021 · Chronicle Books
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A breathtakingly illustrated story about shyness, the power of empathy, and what it means to make a friend — ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH!
Willow is shy. VERY shy.
Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and the boy will be heartbroken. Should she try? Can she?
P R A I S E
“Evokes a richly mysterious night; a night in which dreams could come true.”
—The New York Times
“A memorable and moving read. A lovely mix of realistic and fantastical.”
—BookPage
★ “A dreamlike adventure…A warm and wondrous adventure for armchair, or high chair, travelers.”
—Booklist (starred)
“Luminous...an earnest tale of bravery begetting self-realization.”
—Publishers Weekly
BEST OF THE YEAR
BookPage
Willow is shy. VERY shy.
Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and the boy will be heartbroken. Should she try? Can she?
P R A I S E
“Evokes a richly mysterious night; a night in which dreams could come true.”
—The New York Times
“A memorable and moving read. A lovely mix of realistic and fantastical.”
—BookPage
★ “A dreamlike adventure…A warm and wondrous adventure for armchair, or high chair, travelers.”
—Booklist (starred)
“Luminous...an earnest tale of bravery begetting self-realization.”
—Publishers Weekly
BEST OF THE YEAR
BookPage
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About the author
Cat Min is an illustrator, animator, and writer. Cat grew up as a shy kid in Hong Kong, where she spent most of her childhood drawing and making comic books out of printer paper and staples with her best friend. She studied animation and film at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and completed the Illustration & Visual Storytelling Summer Residency Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is also a member of SCBWI. Her (not so) guilty pleasures are: McDonald's french fries, sappy romance comics, mobile escape game apps, visual novels, and all things cheese.
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