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

It starts with the books. The words on the spines, all gold and silver, shimmer. A tiny star flies out from a book above our heads, then more from behind us. Coco lands on my shoulder and flicks up her yellow crest. Now every letter on every book starts shooting out tiny gold and silver stars. Thousands of them. The stars ping off the walls and ceiling and fall on the floor. They pile up until our feet are covered and all the words are gone from the book covers. The stars glimmer and jiggle for a moment, tickling our ankles and toes, then melt silently away.

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