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48 pp.
| Gecko |
September, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-877579-94-3$16.99
(4)
K-3
Translated by Sally-Ann Spencer.
Illustrated by
Wolf Erlbruch.
Twenty-one single-page "The King and..."–titled stories, all featuring spare collage-style art, range from the pithy to the barely-existent. ("The King and the Book," in toto: "'How are you?' enquired the king. / 'That's what I've been asking you all along,' said the book.") Kids who like open-ended Zen koans will be tickled; others won't find sufficient "there" there.