Carousel

by Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator)

From the award-winning creators of Drawn Together comes a new story about a boy’s ordinary day that transforms into an extraordinary adventure when he discovers a mysterious carousel that carries him to fantastical world.

Here I am again,
going round and round . . .
. . . and going nowhere fast.

What happens when you step off your usual path? Come along with one boy as he does just that and finds himself in the adventure of a lifetime when he stumbles across an old carousel. What ensues is an epic savannah standoff, a race between a griffin and dragon, and a reminder that adventure is on the other side of the everyday.

48 pages, Hardcover

Expected publication May 18, 2027

About the author

Minh Lê is the author of Drawn Together illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat and Let Me Finish! (named an NPR Best Book of 2016) illustrated by Isabel Roxas (both published by Disney-Hyperion). He is also writing Green Lantern: Legacy, a graphic novel (illustrated by Andie Tong) for the new DC Comics middle grade imprint, DC Zoom. As a member of the kidlit consortium The Niblings, he writes about children's literature at Bottom Shelf Books and for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Horn Book, and HuffPost.