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You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons - The World on One Cartoon a Day

ONE GRADUATE'S JOURNEY TO FIND HIS PLACE IN THE WORLD

In 1990, before embarking on his groundbreaking children's book career, Mo Willems packed a small bag and a sketchbook and set out to explore the world—by place, car, boat, bus, motorcycle, and rickshaw. At the end of each day, he drew a cartoon of the one event that stuck out in his mind, from the sublime to the ridiculous. This is his sketch diary.

Audience
adultyoung adultchildrens
Length
medium · 396 pages

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