
One day Ezra hears a gloomy blue tune coming from the piano To her suprise it's a caterpillar making the sound a cranky caterpillar Ezra tries to cheer him up with some fresh air cakes & new hats but nothing seems to work What can Ezra do to help the cranky caterpillar change his tune? Richard Graham is a new illustrator with a highly distinctive & original style The origins of ' The Cranky Caterpillar' lie in his own artistic sculptural creations a caterpillar created from the hammers inside an old piano a band of musical characters all sculpted from instruments & materials found in his studio Graham has also been inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's colour synesthesia whereby we are shown the magical colours of music in this splendidly illustrated book Children will identify with the struggle the caterpillar goes through in trying to articulate his emotions & will delight in the inventive band of friends that succeed in cheering him up 'absolutely astonishing an astounding piece of work' Raymond Briggs creator of The Snowman