Mary Morel’s Night of the Deer (9781534112865, $18.99) enjoys brooding, evocative illustrations by Mira Miroslavova as it provides a folktale about a pair of deer whom Arabella invites to her school’s autumn dance. The problem is: they may not actually be deer, but otherworldly figures. The illustrations may be dark in color but they are vivid in detail and whimsy as a dance atmosphere evolves some surprises and reflections that challenge conventional thinking about mysteries and haunting possibilities.