This wordless book features full-length, double-sided pictures which relay Mitsumasa Anno’s journey through Europe. Each page includes a landscape of a different town, countryside, or village which shows the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Anno can be found on every two-page spread, travelling the streets in the same blue outfit. If the reader looks closely, he will notice many humorous, historical, or interesting happenings hidden in the scenes.

Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe!  A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.