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Illustrated by Dave McKean
The dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean bring us a complete story set in an incomplete world.
The gods have created a world – they’ve built mountains, a sea and a sky – and now their days are filled with long naps in the clouds (and tea and cake). That’s until Harry, Sue and Little Ben begin to fill the gaps of the world: with a mousy thing, a chirpy thing and a twisty legless thing. As the children’s ideas take shape, the power of their visions proves to be greater than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined.
‘A constant theme running through Almond’s extraordinary work is the power of the imagination, a wonderful thing but risky and dangerous. Here the children, not the gods, are the real makers, but can they live with what they make? Can they unmake it, or are wolves a part of our own nature?’ The Guardian
‘Genuinely thought-provoking fiction.’ Irish Times
‘Wild and alive, this visually extravagant fable of the marvel, power and active nature of the creative process howls at the moon.’ Kirkus Reviews
