On My Island [First English edition]

by Marie-Louise Gay (author & illustrator)

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 Groundwood Books / Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. 

Originally published in 1999 as Sur mon île by Éditions Milan, France.

Seller image, Heather Thomson Bookseller