'The King and the Sea' by Heinz Janisch and Wolf Erlbruch

“’I am the king!’ said the king. The sea answered with a whoosh.” Meet the diminutive king with delusions of grandeur. He wants to control his world: the sea, the cloud, the rain, a bee, a trumpet, a pencil, but his world has other ideas and the king learns to soften his relationship with it and accept the way it governs itself. This is a thoughtful, subtle, slightly melancholy picture book: 21 extra-short stories with memorable illustrations by Erlbruch (Duck, Death and the Tulip). As soon as you have finished you will want to start reading it again.

Feb 15