Optimus Yarnspinner inherits a manuscript by an unknown writer. To track down the author, he goes to Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where book-related attractions abound.
being the demibiography of a seagoing bear, with numerous illustrations and excerpts from the Encyclopedia of the marvels, life forms and other phenomena of Zamonia and its environs by Professor Abdullah Nightingale
Moers, Walter
2006
Chronicles the adventures of a blue-haired bear whose many lives bring him encounters with mini-pirates, outer space, hobgoblins, and more.
Rumo, a little horned puppy who lives on a farm with a family of seven dwarfs, is kidnapped by a vicious giant, and, armed only with his talking sword, escapes the giant and tries to find his way home to his family.
On the mythical continent of Zamonia, young novelist Optimus Yarnspinner travels to the city of Bookholm with a magnificent book left to him by his late uncle in search of a publisher, and while on his journey, he meets a series of bizarre characters, both good and evil.
being the demibiography of a seagoing bear, with numerous illustrations and excerpts from the Encyclopaedia of the marvels, life froms and other phenomena of Zamonia and its environs by Professor Abdullah Nightingale
Moers, Walter
2005
Chronicles the adventures of a blue-haired bear whose many lives bring him encounters with mini-pirates, outer space, hobgoblins, and more.
Rumo, a little horned puppy who lives on a farm with a family of seven dwarfs, is kidnapped by a vicious giant, and, armed only with his talking sword, escapes the giant and tries to find his way home to his family.
