My Bed is an Air Balloon

The text describes a child's imaginative journey through the night, flying on a bed that becomes an air balloon, sailing through the slipspace, and floating above treetops, hills, ponds, and stars. The bed swings high in the trees, like a circus trapeze, and the child experiences the cool night air and the moon's silver light. They drift on the sea, surrounded by dream shapes, and the story ends with the two children meeting in the clouds.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 32 pages
Publication date: 04 October 2018
Publisher: Faber & Faber

When night falls, my bed transforms into an air balloon, soaring through the slipsiverse, just beside the moon. I float above treetops, where fluttertufts peacefully slumber, and flowering hills, where whifflepigs creep stealthily. Ponds adorned with starlight that glistens like glass, a floog with its velvet nose gently bent towards the grass, are all treasures that I discover.

My bed in the trees swings me up high, akin to a circus trapeze. The cool, night-rustling air caresses my skin, creating ripples in my hair. Now, we glide over water, the moon's silver light being carried by a cloudpuff into the bight. Adrift on the sea, where dream shapes float, I revel in this enchanting journey.

As the night unfolds, my bed becomes a sailing boat, navigating the vast expanses of the ocean. The mirror form poem seamlessly blends with the centrepiece image, where the twins, one in an air balloon and the other in a sailing boat, meet in the clouds. It's a breathtaking moment that captures the essence of imagination and adventure.

Weight: 214g
Dimension: 248 x 221 x 4 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571347711
Edition number: Main