''The Heavenly Tenants'' is a children's fantasy novel by William Maxwell. The Marvell family farm in

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

is visited by the living signs of the zodiac; meanwhile, the constellations associated with them disappear from the sky. The story was illustrated by

Ilonka Karasz Ilonka Karasz (July 13, 1896 – May 26, 1981), was a Hungarian-American designer and illustrator known for avant-garde industrial design and for her many '' New Yorker'' magazine covers. Early life and education Karasz was born in the Hungarian ...

and published by Harper & Brothers in 1946. It was a runner-up for the 1947 Newbery Medal.

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