Mouse Bird Snake Wolf

Written by David Almond · Illustrated by Dave McKean

Children's imaginations create creatures that challenge the gods' perfect world.

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80 pages· 3,141 words· Est. 35 min read· 510L

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Bookroo's summary

In a serene world crafted by gods, three children—Harry, Sue, and Ben—discover gaps filled with emptiness. Their imaginations bring forth creatures from simple materials, but as their creations grow, so does the danger. Can they control the power they've unleashed, or will their visions spiral beyond their grasp? Dive into a tale where creativity blurs the line between wonder and peril.

From the publisher

The imagination of three children takes on unexpected life in a creation tale from the dream team of David Almond and Dave McKean. The gods have created a world that is safe and calm and rather wonderful. They have built mountains, forests, and seas and filled the world with animals, people, and unnamed beasts. Now their days are fat with long naps in the clouds, mutual admiration, and tea and cake. But their world has gaps in it filled with emptiness, gaps that intrigue Harry, Sue, and little Ben until they begin to see what might fill them. One by one the children conjure, from twigs and leaves and stones, a mousy thing, a chirpy thing, and a twisty legless thing. But as the children’s ideas grow bolder, the power of their visions proves greater and more dangerous than they, or the gods, could ever have imagined. Is it possible to unmake what’s been made?

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