In this fun and quirky story, a boy lives on his island with his friends: a wolf, two cats, three ants and a swooping bat. He complains that nothing ever happens, yet all around him volcanoes erupt, elephants fly through the sky and serpents swim by — the boy and his friends are always looking the other way.
Combining collage, handmade papers, ink, hand lettering and watercolor, Marie-Louise Gay creates a whimsical illustrated world. An ingenious and playful book showing that boredom is really a state of mind.
Condition: lacks jacket, binding no longer tight, else near fine.
Published by A Groundwood Book, Douglas & McIntyre, 2000.
