Every story starts with nothing, so.. .why not an octopus who wants to fly in a spaceship? A delightfully meta picture book that will set imaginations soaring. From Benji Davies, the illustrator of The Storm Whale & Grandad`s Isl&, comes a metafictive story about.. .how to build a story! First, a story needs a character. So why not a ukulele-playing octopus? & since this is a story, the octopus has to want something
- maybe it dreams of travelling to faraway galaxies in a violet spaceship. But every character needs an obstacle to overcome, & when the octopus sets out to build its own spaceship out of glue, umbrellas, glitter & waffles.. .well, he doesn`t have much luck. Could there be another character that could help? Debut author Maggie Tokuda-Hall sets up a funny, smart & warm-hearted story all about storytelling, then hands the baton to imaginative readers, who will be more than prepared to take it away.