Leave it to Portland author Kevin Sampsell to write one of the most strange and beautiful (and truly uncategorizable) children's picture books. Sean the Stick is zen koan-like in its combination of depth, simplicity, and puzzling circularity. Each reader will surely leave with a slightly different interpretation or life lesson. Perfectly illustrated by Emma Jon-Michael Frank.

From the publisher: "We’re not sure what to call Sean the Stick. Is it an existential children’s tale? A weird book for all ages? Is it a story about a person who becomes best friends with a stick? Is it a love story about nature? Nature versus nurture? This beautiful book combines a Kevin Sampsell short story told in simple (yet emotionally vast) short sentences with colorful drawings by Emma Jon-Michael Frank, an artist whose celebrated works of vulnerability, humor, and empathy have garnered her work an enthusiastic and growing audience over the years."

60 pages, trade paperback. ISBN 9781892061980