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Felicita Sala
Illustrator: Felicita Sala
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2024
Publisher: Abrams BFYR/Abrams
ISBN: 978-1-4197-6688-6
Keywords: 5--Bedtime stories, fathers and daughters, anxiety
Rich, vivid mixed-media art alternates between a daughter's worried “what if?” questions and her father's soothing reassurances, which he presents in the form of a swashbuckling fantasy adventure.