Hitch a ride to the moon in a rusty old car and ‘The Couch in the Yard’

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(Illustrations copyright © 2025 by Dena Seiferling)Turn to the first page of The Couch in the Yard and you tumble into a small town at sunset. They follow gravelly roads “up in the mountains, down through the hollow,” past “the stormed-down oaks, and the old scrap heap,” writes author Kate Hoefler. And imagine where a rusty car and an old couch in the yard can take you. (Illustrations copyright © 2025 by Dena Seiferling)Text copyright © 2025 by Kate Hoefler. Illustrations copyright © 2025 by Dena Seiferling.