Dress up like your favorite KidLit characters this Halloween! Today’s outfit is inspired by the Beast’s a.k.a. Mala from Alma and the Beast. We’ve done the work and searched for all the pieces for you!
Hat: Miss Knit Nat | Dress: Vintag Dress | Boots: Patricia Blanchet
Alma and the Beast
By Esmé Shapiro
ISBN 9780735263963 | Tundra Books
44 Pages | Ages 3-7 | Hardcover
Alma lives happily in her hairy world, where she can braid the trees, comb the grass, pet the roof and feed her plumpooshkie butterfly. Until one day . . . a hairless, button-nosed beast appears in the garden! At first Alma is scared but when she realizes the beast is lost and misses her hairless home, Alma offers to help her find her way back. As the two take a fantastical journey through the red-headed woods and the bearded mushroom glen to the beast’s bald abode, they discover that they are much more alike than different.
This quirky and charming story about friendship, empathy and perspective invites readers into a surreal, fantastical world that evokes Alice in Wonderland, Where the Wild Things Are and The Lorax.