About this book
A collection of three stories about a child who reads the lips of those who whisper secrets into a statue's ear; a daydreaming shoemaker's apprentice who must find ways to make the girl he loves notice him; and a stone carver who creates a statue of a ghost.
Subjects
Children's stories, AmericanFictionOccult fictionShort storiesStatuesSupernaturalghostsNewbery HonorOccultism, fictionChildren's fictionMystery and detective storiesOccultismNewbery MedalJuvenile fictionSculptureSculpture, fiction