{"product_id":"heartwood-hotel-a-true-home","title":"Heartwood Hotel: A True Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book series about a mouse discovering the true meaning of home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn soufflés and soft moss-lined beds. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. It might also be a home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese heartwarming stories will delight newly independent readers and send them scurrying for the second book in the series, \u003ci\u003eThe Greatest Gift\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKallie George\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of the \u003cem\u003eMagical Animal Adoption Agency\u003c\/em\u003e series, as well as the \u003cem\u003eHeartwood Hotel\u003c\/em\u003e series. She works as an author and speaker in Vancouver, Canada, and she holds a master's in children's literature from the University of British Columbia. In addition to writing books for young readers, she leads workshops for aspiring writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn during a blizzard on Groundhog Day in Chicago, Illinois, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephanie Graegin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e spent her childhood drawing and collecting fauna in Fort Wayne, Indiana and Houston, Texas. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. She later attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, obtaining a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking. Stephanie now lives in Brooklyn, is still drawing, and has managed to keep her collection down to one orange cat. Find out more at graegin.com.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] warm, winning tale.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This warm series starter is easy to love.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Charming and imaginative, and full of endearing characters who excel at kindness as only animals can. With stories that highlights the power of friendship, the Heartwood Hotel is sure to leave readers eager to visit again.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAshley Spires, author and illustrator of The Most Magnificent Thing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54569365831990,"sku":"9781484746387","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/2301\/7526\/files\/imageloader_14eec242-488d-4a14-b19e-0886ddbf2546.jpg?v=1789516026","url":"https:\/\/www.summerbeambooks.com\/products\/heartwood-hotel-a-true-home","provider":"Summer Beam Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}