For Amelia Socorro Boscana who is her very own superhero ABRAMS The Art of Books 195 Broadway New York NY 10007 abramsbooks com
1 Castles Knights Deep in the cold North Woods there lived a young Sasquatch named Hugo He was bigger than you but smaller than me and he was hairier than both of us He lived in apartment apartment 1G in the very back of Widdershins Cavern with his mother and father and his older sister Winnie 1
It was Saturday morning and Hugo and his friend Gigi were sitting on the floor playing a game they had made up called Castles Knights They used cups turned upside down for the castles For the roads they used sticks and they had painted faces on rocks for their characters There 2
were smooth bits of red and green and blue glass that Hugo’s grandpa had found in the woods while hunting mushrooms these were the magic gems My knight is crossing the moat to attack your castle Gigi said pushing a painted rock forward Okay then my wizard is going to open the secret trapdoor Hugo said and a Snallygaster is going to fly out and attack your knight Gigi looked at Hugo A Snallygaster You can’t make up creatures out of your head Hugo Maybe you could use a dragon Or a Minotaur But there really is such a thing as a Snallygaster Hold on I’ll prove it 3
