The highly anticipated wordless picture book from debut author and
collage artist Thao Lam
"Wordless... colorful... hilarious."
Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW
In Skunk on a String, we meet a skunk who has been tied to the tail of
a balloon. Try as he might, the persistent critter can't get anyone to
untie him. In this wordless story, he is shooed and swatted through a
bustling parade, past the windowpanes of the city's apartment buildings
with their diverse, busy inhabitants, then up to the construction cranes
high above the city. He floats through the zoo, into traffic, under
water, and eventually lands atop a Ferris wheel. When he finally unties
himself, the skunk misses the aerial life -- so he comes up with an
inspired way to fly again.
Paper collage art in whimsical colors and patterns -- polka dots,
gingham, and florals --creates a playful dynamic and brilliantly
captures details of urban life, from the legs of a crowd to window
boxes, spilled ice cream, and clothing flapping on clotheslines. This
heartwarming, highly visual adventure takes a new vantage point on the
ordinary and shows the skunk expanding his horizons, overcoming
adversity, and, eventually, helping himself.
