Bored: The perfect book for any child aged 3-7 who says "I'm bored!" - a funny picture book about imagination, creativity and finding adventure

by Felicita Sala

"This is peak picture-book creative magic! Anything but boring." Jim Field, illustrator of The Lion Inside and Oi Frog!

Internationally acclaimed creator Felicita Sala transforms the universal feeling of boredom into a celebration of imagination, creativity and independent play.

Rita is bored. Soooooooo boooooored. And her family doesn’t even care.

Flopped in her bedroom, her mind drifts to the beginning of a daydream. How many other people on Earth are bored like her? What if they all piled onto a single bus? What if the boredom filled them up like balloons, and they floated off into the sky? What if…

By the time Rita's mother calls her for dinner, she's very, very busy.

- Transforms a universal feeling of boredom into a creative adventure.
- Expressive and vibrant illustrations full of detail, humour and surprises.
- Eliminates boredom in a screen-free way.
- Will inspire creative thinking and curiosity in children.
- For fans of Oliver Jeffers, Aaron Becker, Isabelle Arsenault and Carson Ellis.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication January 14, 2027

About the author

Felicita is a self taught illustrator. She graduated in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. She has worked on several animation projects along with husband Gianluca, but her passion is making picture books. She lives in Rome with Gianluca and their daughter Nina.