A Floating World

by Mal Peet, Tudor Humphries (Illustrator)

A boy's hand-built wooden boat becomes an ark of survival in this fascinating, literate tale from Mal Peet and Tudor Humphries. As the rains batter a child's home he begins a curious, personal relationship with the insects and bugs that struggle against the rising waters. Beautifully told, wondrously illustrated, A Floating World is a singular tale of a boy's world both real and imaginary.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1998

About the author

Mal Peet grew up in North Norfolk, and studied English and American Studies at the University of Warwick. Later he moved to southwest England and worked at a variety of jobs before turning full-time to writing and illustrating in the early 1990s. With his wife, Elspeth Graham, he had written and illustrated many educational picture books for young children, and his cartoons have appeared in a number of magazines.