Not even purple polka-dot pajamas are enough to keep Bruno the bat from
boredom--but a magical journey to Indonesia with Agus the octopus does
the trick. From Krakatoa's volcanic heights to the top of Borobudur, a
1300-year-old temple, from blue-feathered cassowaries to Buta Kala
monsters, from the sweetness of gamelan music to the cacophony of
Jakarta's traffic jams, Bruno regains his sense of wonder. And when he
returns home to Florida, he still carries that with him, making familiar
surroundings as exotic as Indonesia. (This may be the only children's
picture book that ends with a quote from T.S. Eliot--soon to be quoted
on playgrounds across the country--plus it's bilingual.)