HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST

Breathtakingly beautiful illustrations coupled with a classic animal adventure tale in the classic (and beloved) style of Wind in the Willows makes HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST a story-time delight!

"I wish fairytales were real," sighed little Lucy. And that was all it took for Hector and his band of merry friends to go in search of a real giant. There was a rumor that a new, enormous, shadowy stranger was living in the Forbidden Marsh beyond the forest . . . and since it was not a bear it must be a fairytale giant! With twists and turns and a capsized boat, the five friends venture far from home and make a surprising discovery — a huge discovery! HECTOR FOX AND THE GIANT QUEST is the first in a series of three books that follow the delightful adventures of Hector and his charming band of unique friends: Mo Marten, Charlie Chipmunk, Jeremiah Rabbit, and Lucy Skunk. Join the gang as they seek adventure, hunt giants, solve mysteries, and build friendships in modern-day tales reminiscent of the famed The Wind in the Willows. No ordinary illustrator, Astrid Sheckels has won the Archibald MacLeish Prize for Art and the Medici Award in the Visual Arts. Sheckels is a brilliant illustrator firmly in the classic school. Her critters have so much personality in their furry little anthropomorphic faces! Sheckels' illustrations are primarily done in watercolor. Starting with a storyboard, she creates countless sketches and pencil drawings in the process of developing the layout of the book. Astrid goes on location and photo shoots to discover the right setting, and bases each of her illustrated characters on real people. She Wrote and illustrated the award-winning Nic and Nellie (2013), and illustrated the acclaimed The Scallop Christmas (2009) and The Fish House Door (2010), published by Islandport Press; Sheckels is also the illustrator of two of the Horse Diaries chapter books (Random House).