Everyone will be fascinated by these fables featuring creatures from the deep seas, caves and deep space. Meet a wolf spider who visits his blind cave cousin and discovers he must use his other senses to see, two comets who learn the importance of keeping their promise the hard way and a deep sea vent crab who will stop at nothing to win a race. Here are ten stories that will amuse and amaze, all illustrated in vibrant watercolors.

"Remarkable is the telling....Eloquently, Hayashi envelopes us in blackness with well chosen words. Bishop has done the illustrations with the charm and friendliness of watercolors." Honolulu Advertiser
2003 Ka Palapala Po`okela Award for Excellence in Children's Books
Mutual Publishing, 2002
Hardcover, 40 pages, color illustrated
ISBN 1-56647-571-6, $14.95

ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT 2008 Kathleen Wong Bishop