![]() Much like the Escher-like stairways of the illustrations, the three worlds intersect and blend into an unexpected story. She even dreams of the reader, who is, in the end, invited to leave his/her picture above the girl’s bed inside the castle, inside the glass case, inside the museum, inside the book that the reader is holding. Yet as the story unfolds, the reader learns that the girl in the castle misses the children when they leave the museum and dreams of their return. ![]() Inside the case, the girl in the castle, lonely in her turret, appears to be lost in a dreamlike trance. The haunting scene of a wispy, wistful girl peering into the glass case on the cover starts the journey. ![]() This is a layered story that weaves in and out, up and down, to form a fascinating fantasy. ![]()
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