Extract - The Travelling Bookshop by Katrina Nannestad illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

Then — WHOOMP! — the caravan leaps and shudders to a halt. Flossy has stopped on a stretch of grass. There’s a row of houses on one side, a canal on the other. A boat chugs by and two women wave. ‘Hellooo! Welcome! Welcome!’ Dad swings down off the roof and stands with his hands on his hips, a smile on his face. The Travelling Bookshop has arrived. Nathaniel, Zedekiah, Miriam-Rose and the books are here! We don’t know why. We just know it’s the place where we are meant to be. Because this is where Flossy has chosen.

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