Bobo's Smile Geraldine Brooks all but invented the picture

all but invented the picture book as we know it today

light-hearted and decidedly more morbid storytelling

the child-narrator of this picture book loves nothing more than spending time with his grandpa

Unable to stand living next door to someone like that

Cool Green will have readers eager to turn the pages to discover each new reminder of what a precious place our earth is

Bobo's Smile Geraldine Brooks all but invented the pictureWhat's a clown to do when the circus shuts down and he loses the ability to smile? In Bobo's Smile, author and illustrator Seymour Chwast traces a clown's quest to regain happiness. Bobo flies around the world, visits new lands, scales mountains, and plumbs the depths of the sea, but his search seems to have been in vainuntil an unfortunate event prompts him to use his talents and find joy in life's simple pleasures once again.