"A delightfully zany and surreal exploration of the ways in which we humans obsess and isolate ourselves over real or imagined troubles--all told through the eyes of a perfectionistic, philosophical cat. An unexpected end makes this playful, mouse-filled romp a treasure to read."--Hannah DeCamp, Avid Bookshop, Athens Georgia "Touching on themes of solitude, creativity, and obsession, it's a story that's alternately elusive and philosophical, thanks to Shugaar's mischievous translation and D'Andrea's sly, sleek, and sumptuous drawings."--Publishers Weekly "I can't tell you how much I love this book. It's the only picture book I've read that really gets to the heart of the creative process, how strong an idea can be, how it can take over your entire imagination until, finally you find what you're looking for. It's playfully written by Giovanna Zoboli and translated from the Italian by Antony Shuggar. Lisa D'Andrea illustrated it with the sweetest colored pencil drawings, emphasizing form over splashy colors. There's lots of white space in the story -- room for imagination and for a fantasy about mice -- one hundred mice, one million mice! But especially one mysterious mouse that hides on the edge of a wide eyed tabby cat's imagination.

A mouse he can't quite see as well as he'd like, but knows is there, if only he thinks, imagines, spends enough time alone, pondering mice. And he's not doing all this creative work for food -- he wants it to understand it, appreciate its particular mouse-ness and bring it fully to life. What creative person can't identify with that? What child, left alone long enough, won't begin to imagine something wonderful, if only they have time to daydream? Whether it's an image, a story, a song -- we have to sit with our ideas for as long as it takes until the right one comes along. The one only we can bring to life." -- Joy Murray, joymurray.com.