Description: "A little monster arrives in a village and whispers in people's ears, sowing discontent until the villagers recognize the monster's influence and come together to rebuild their community"--
Review Quotes:
A Marginalian Favorite Book of 2025! "An almost unbearably wonderful modern fable about who we would be and what this world would be like if we finally arrived, exhausted and relieved, at the still point of enough. Having always felt that great children's books are works of philosophy in disguise, speaking great truth in the language of tenderness, I hold this one among my all-time favorites."
--Maria Popova "The Marginalian"