Ken Priebe's Reviews > Daydreams for Night

THIS BOOK. It features chimney sweeps who collect watermelons, a librarian with a flower growing from his head, a strange man who keeps a Ferris wheel in his backyard, a boy made of wood, a boy with grey hair who peels potatoes in a cargo ship, creepy little girls, a secret lawn bowling society, and much more. I’m not making this up. It has the same feel of absurdity as works by Shaun Tan and Chris Van Allsburg. And if you look closer, the illustrations all connect to each other with recurring images and themes. It’s like the kind of books I am plotting to bring into the world myself. Look for it, ask for it, if you can track it down.