Cover Reveal for The Unicorn Quest: The Whisper in the Stone by Kamilla Benko
Happy Tuesday! Kamilla Benko has been tweeting her favorite unicorn covers since April 1. Today she can add the cover for The Unicorn Quest: The Whisper in the Stone to her list of favorite covers. Hooray! Congratulations, Kamilla and Vivienne To!
Art
is always a portal—whether it be to a different time, a different point of
view, or another world entirely. I think this must be why literary heroine
Claudia Kincaid chose to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler. She wanted to escape her
ordinary life and elevate it by surrounding herself with masterpieces. And
that’s why four years ago, seeking to find some relief from the humdrum days of
February, I found myself at the MET’s Cloisters, admiring the famed Unicorn
Tapestries and wondering about their mysterious past…and from these musings,
grew the idea for my debut fantasy middle grade novel, The Whisper in The Stone, book one of The Unicorn Quest.
Because
this series was inspired by art, I wanted The
Whisper in The Stone to
explore the theme of magic in everyday life, and so my main character,
11-year-old Claire Martinson is an artist who always has a pencil tucked behind
her ear, and the world she ends up discovering with her older sister, Sophie,
is one where all magical spells can only be done through crafting.
All
of this is to say that I am thrilled and delighted by master illustrator
Vivienne To’s ability to work her magic for the cover and show us a glimpse of
a world filled with magic mirrors, armies carved from stone, and of course,
unicorns!
Enormous
thanks to Vivienne, the entire Bloomsbury team, and to Mr. John Schu for
hosting the cover reveal. To learn more, please visit Goodreads
or follow me on Twitter @kkbenko.
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