As you can imagine this book called my name. A somewhat haunting and mysterious cover that's set in THE LIBRARY? I could not leave it behind.
Lies depicts exactly what I imagine all libraries to look like. Huge, stone mansions with giant windows warmed by glowing lights inside. Towering dark wood staircases and bookshelves that scale the walls. The library is old and beautiful and a little scary, too. Perfect for bats!
And, do these bats love the library? They wait anxiously every year for the one night they can sneak in through an open window. The older bats get lost in their favorite books. Others study and learn while the young ones live for their story time and making shadows on the walls.
This refreshingly sophisticated book steadily and swiftly inspires wonder and imagination using immaculate rhyming. It is absolutely perfect. No hiccups, no missteps. This is how a rhyming book is written.
Lies, the master of this rhyme, also draws the book. Take a look at the cover above. I've never noticed bats wings/hands before. Spectacular!
