Bog Myrtle

<p><strong>Best Books of 2024 lists: NYPL, <em>New York Magazine</em>, <em>Quill & Quire</em> • JLG Gold Standard Selection • Moonbeam Children''s Book Award Winner • Kids Indie Next Pick</strong></p><p><strong>From the acclaimed author of The Wolf Suit comes another weirdly hilarious, masterfully thought-provoking, and lushly painted early reader graphic novel.</strong></p><p>Two sisters, one stubbornly cheerful (Beatrice) and one relentlessly grumpy (Magnolia), live in a drafty old house with a family of helpful spiders. When Beatrice is gifted magic yarn from a giant forest spider obsessed with sustainability named Bog Myrtle, she and the spiders set to work knitting up a perfectly warm sweater.</p><p>But greedy Magnolia sees only the opportunity for profit, and quickly converts the old house into a magic sweater factory. The exhausted spiders are driven to strike, and Bog Myrtle is not pleased . . .</p><p><em>Bog Myrtle</em> is a witty modern folktale that touches on themes of capitalism, environmentalism, labor rights, and being a nice person.</p><p><strong>“I adore this book as much as I adore empowered spiders, poker-faced narrators, and cooperative bookstores. It’s wry, whip-smart, and freaking gorgeous. Sid Sharp is a maestro of comic timing and subversion.” —Kyo Maclear, author of <em>It Began With a Page</em></strong></p>