On A Magical Do-Nothing Day

(Paperback)

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WINNER of the 2018 4-11 Picture Book Awards (Fiction 4-7 category)

One of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2017

All I want to do on a rainy day like today is play my game,
but my mum says it's a waste of time.
The game drives my mum mad.
She takes it away.
I take it back.
I wish Dad had come with us on this rainy, grey weekend.
Without my game, nothing is fun.
On the other hand, maybe I'm wrong about that...

Reviews

'Beautiful, hugely immersive, mesmerising! Another fabulous book that once again establishes Beatrice as a writer-illustrator the whole world should get to know' - Read It Daddy
'A warm and wondrous invitation to remastering the art of fertile solitude' - Brain Pickings
'Rich with autumnal tones and textures; you can almost feel the damp fogginess of the forest coming off the pages' - Tales for Tadpoles
'Simply perfect sees the world in a beautifully different way' - Picture Books Blogger
'A phenomenal book of everyday discoveries, with illustrations that make the reader draw breath' - Minerva Reads
'A lovely story about discovering the world outside, feeding your senses and letting your imagination run wild' - @childrensbookblog
'Skilfully told ... a story that will give all of its readers an itch to pull up their wellies and see whats awaiting them outside' - @today_we_read

Author Bio

Beatrice Alemagnahas written and illustrated dozens of childrens books, which have received numerous awards all over the world and have been translated into 14 languages. The author-illustrator of twoNew York TimesBest Illustrated books, she has also been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award seven times and shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award twice. Enchanted Lion has published four of her picture books:The Wonderful Fluffy Little Squishy; Child of Glass;Telling Stories Wrong; and the forthcomingYou Can't Kill Snow White, a picture book for teens and adults, published under Enchanted Lion's Unruly imprint. Born in Bologna, Italy, Alemagna lives and works in Paris, France.