Alma and the BeastBy: Esm Shapiro Alma's beautiful, hairy world is turned upside down by the arrival of a stranger. From the utterly original imagination of the author illustrator of Ooko comes a story about celebrating differences and making new friends. For fans of Where the Wild Things Are and Wild. Alma lives happily in her hairy world, where she can braid the trees, comb the grass, pet the roof and feed her plumpooshkie butterfly. Until one day . . . a hairless,