Bog Myrtle

Moonbeam Children's Book Award GOLD WINNER

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

From the acclaimed author of The Wolf Suit comes another weirdly hilarious, masterfully thought-provoking, and lushly painted early reader graphic novel.

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.

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 . . .

Bog Myrtle is a witty modern folktale that touches on themes of capitalism, environmentalism, labor rights, and being a nice person.

“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 It Began With a Page

• ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: Lesson to love the world around us and our fellow creatures and critters
• CREATIVE ELEMENTS: The book features a lot of knitting and will inspire the reader to pick up their own pair of needles.
• LABOR RIGHTS: Gives young readers a gentle introduction to politics and striking
• SPOOKY BUT CUTE: There are lots of spiders present throughout the story but they are charming instead of scary
• UNOFFICIAL TRILOGY: Follow-up to The Wolf Suit, this book takes place in the same universe and you might recognize some familiar faces in the forest
• FOR FANS OF: The Wolf Suit and The Skull
• LEVELING INFO: Coming soon