En pige er ude at gå tur med sin hund. Hun kaster en bold til den. Men hunden fanger ikke bolden. Nej, den rammer en mor med en barnevogn, som snubler og vælter et postbud, som bliver viklet ind i snoren fra en drage, så den kommer til at trække en stige omkuld. På stigen står en maler...
Med Grébans sædvanlige lune og fantasi skildres ´sommerfugle-effekten´, hvor en tilfældig lille begivenhed bliver skyld i alle mulige ulykker, fordi uheldet er ude.
Quentin Gréban was born in 1977 in Brussels (Belgium) where he still lives today. He studied illustration at the Saint Luc Institute in Brussels. Since 1999 Quentin has published more than 25 children’s books in several French‚ Belgian‚ German and Greek publishing houses. His books are translated in many countries (Germany‚ Denmark‚ Hungary‚ England‚ Canada‚ Greece‚ Korea‚ United States…) He received the Saint–Exupéry award in 2000 for «Les contes de l’Alphabet» (Editions du Jasmin). His work has been selected in 1999‚ 2001 and 2008 in the Annual of the Bologna Children’s Bookfair (Italy).