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102
Contributors
Formats and Prices
- On Sale
- Apr 14, 2026
- Page Count
- 48 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
- ISBN-13
- 9780316580953
Price
$18.99Price
$24.99 CADFormat
Format:
- Hardcover $18.99 $24.99 CAD
- Audiobook Download (Unabridged) $4.99
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*”Tender and imaginative.” —SLJ, starred review
*”Graceful, cozy.” —Booklist, starred review
*”A weird and wonderful story.” —Horn Book, starred review
*”Pulses with warmth and inventiveness.”—PW, starred review
From Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell comes a cozy, magical nighttime adventure, where a child discovers the mysterious, miniature world beyond his bedroom walls.
Sent home from school earlier in the day with a fever, George awakens in the middle of the night to discover a cricket beckoning him on an adventure and soon finds himself shrunken down in size. He follows the insect guide through a crack in his bedroom wall, through the moonlit yard, and into the home of a family of mice at the base of an oak tree. There, in a tiny, cozy kitchen, George discovers the meaning of his quest: he must help the Mama mouse complete her special 102-bean soup for her sick young son.
Delightfully sweet as it is fantastic, 102 seamlessly explores the values of curiosity, kindness, and generosity. The simple yet profound conclusion shares a clever wink with readers, encouraging them to believe the unbelievable.
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Praise for 102:
A Kids’ Indie Next List Pick
An Amazon Best Book of 2026 -
* “A tender and imaginative story that beautifully blends whimsy with warmth…”School Library Journal, starred review
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* “Utterly entrancing.”Kirkus, starred review
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* “[An] ambitions picture book that recalls works by Chris Van Allsburg and David Wiesner…”Publishers Weekly, starred review
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* “[Cordell’s] fanciful yet down-to-earth narrative will entrance...”Booklist, starred review
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"A weird and wonderful story."Horn Book, starred review
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“Striking.”BCCB
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