х (Eiko Kadono)This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Translation copyright © 2020 by Penguin Random House LLC
Cover art and interior illustrations copyright © 2020 by Yuta Onoda
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Delacorte Press, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Originally published in Japan and in paperback under the title Majyo no Takkyubin by Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., Tokyo, in 1985. Text copyright © 1985 by Eiko Kadono. The English rights arranged with Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc., Tokyo through The English Agency (Japan) Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kadono, Eiko, author. | Onoda, Yuta, illustrator. | Balistrieri, Emily, translator.
Title: Kiki’s delivery service / Eiko Kadono ; translated by Emily Balistrieri ; illustrated by Yuta Onoda.
Description: First edition. | New York : Delacorte Press, [2020] | Audience: Ages 8–12. | Audience: Grades 4–6. | Summary: “Thirteen-year-old half-witch Kiki travels to the town of Koriko where she makes new friends, overcomes challenges, and shares her magic with her community to make the world a brighter place”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019042296 (print) | LCCN 2019042297 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-9848-9666-7 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-1-9848-9668-1 (glb) | ISBN 978-1-9848-9667-4 (ebook)
Subjects: CYAC: Witches—Fiction. | Delivery of goods—Fiction. | Flight—Fiction. | Cats—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.K1167 Ki 2020 (print) | LCC PZ7.K1167 (ebook) | DDC [E—dc23]
Ebook ISBN 9781984896674
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