Jellaby: The Lost Monster Storytide and for a while

and for a while

” —SLJ

after she plays and splashes in the hot springs (which aren't that different from pools at home)

Community care

lively illustrations in brilliant hues depict the Biblical figures as African-Americans might have imagined them

Jellaby: The Lost Monster Storytide and for a whileQuiet but bright Portia has just moved to a new neighborhood with her mom. Adjusting to life without a father is hard enough, but school is boring and her classmates are standoffish and even Portia's mom is sort of distant. But things start to get better when Portia mounts a midnight excursion into the woods behind her house where she discovers a shy and sweet purple monster. Life with Jellaby is exciting, but Portia's purple friend has secrets of his