This picture book explores storytelling as a shared experience by posing and answering a series of questions like “how does it start? ”, “what happens next? ”, and “Is there a happy ending?”. It follows a parent and a child who work together to create a narrative and draw pictures to illustrate it. It’s a book for — and about — children who, rather than settling down to listen to a story, actively want to shape it.

A mother who wants to make some art for herself is instead swept up in her child's whirlwind imagination, creating new stories and fantastic adventures together. Full of fun details and illustrations that can be poured over again and again, this picture book sheds light on the creation of art—the seemingly simple process of drawing and imagining, which actually requires so much attention and work.

Elīna Brasliņa (1988) is an illustration superstar — quick, precise, and brilliantly talented. She can draw it all — from a black dog at night to a colorful jungle, vividly visualizing images that are created in writers' imaginations. Elīna always adds unexpected detail to her style, which other illustrators can only shake their heads at and say: “Why didn’t I think of that?” She has worked with a number of authors both in Latvia and abroad, and books with her illustrations have been published in more than 40 languages. She has gained recognition worldwide for her book illustrations, production design for animated films, and participation in art exhibitions, and her translations from French. For the first time Elīna has created her own picture book for children.