Non-stop

Surreal story about the last person on Earth. Vasco wanders around a desolate landscape - everyone else has gone to the moon (echoing Jonathan King) and Vasco has only his shadow for company and guide. It is only after Vasco finds someone to care for (Poco) that he finds the direction he has been lo Leggi tutto

It is dreamlike and haunting and dark and disturbing yet strangely hopeful and encouraging. I read it to my five-year-old worried it might make him anxious, but he was not bothered by it. At first I was startled by the book's strangeness. Now I appreciate it more each time I read it and find it oddl Leggi tutto

Don’t Hope, Cope.

Uffff! Increïble! Un àlbum per introduir al cicle superior al surrealisme. Una carrera per la supervivència que va generant angoixa en el lector. Ideal per parlar de refugiats sense mencionar la paraula i des del simbolisme i la metàfora. Superobligatori a qualsevol biblioteca escolar de primària! Leggi tutto

An exquisite, unsettling masterpiece, this thought-provoking, timely story of seeking, friendship, trust and hope is a message to us all in troubled times, whatever we may be facing. It echoes many previous tales of isolation, separation…finding our heroes in a dystopian world of devastation alone, Leggi tutto

Knowing that this is Ungerer's final work and that it is one about the last two beings on Earth makes this a read tinged with a little melancholy. Ever since I read 'Y Dun Lleuad' (Moon Man in Welsh) when I was 4, I have always adored Tomi's work. His stories have been as prolific as they have been

I was not familiar with Tomi Ungerer’s children’s books before reading NONSTOP, his final children’s picture book. His bestselling book, THE THREE ROBBERS has sold over 2.5 million copies. He was also awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award for children’s literature in 1998. His experience of livi Leggi tutto