Madame Badobedah And The Old Bones,New

The fabulously eccentric (and secretly kind) Madame Badobedah returns for another escapade in this call to adventureand ode to female explorers and pioneersfrom Sophie Dahl and Lauren OHara.Mabel lives with her parents in the Mermaid Hotel, where she keeps an eye on all the guests, particularly her friend, the endlessly fascinating Madame Badobedah. Madame Badobedah, who considers herself part of a long tradition of daring women such as Amelia Earhart and Zora Neale Hurston, has pirouetted through pyramids, swum with mermaids, and helped a triceratops with a toothache. Just opening one of the drawers in her dressing table full of mementos elicits tales of banshees and curses and an exciting new quest: a reverse jewel heist! On a mission to return a priceless borrowed emerald, Mabel and her adopted godmother don their best spy costumes and head to the Natural History Museum, where they might just meet an oldvery oldfriend. But as Mabel discovers, no one is too young or old for adventure, because its adventuring that makes life worthwhile. In concert with Lauren OHaras fantastical illustrations, Sophie Dahl spins a tale of intergenerational friendship that shines like Madame Badobedahs found sea glass: a colorful treasure.