Summary

Some stories capture the young reader betterthan others. If we do not read, we cannot know which ones they are. In this collection of shortchildren's stories, we discover what it feels like totravel for the first time, through the eyes of a suitcase. Colours you had never dreamt were there, are conjured up by the Perfect Picture Pencils. There is the tale about the lion who is reminded that running away, does not solve ones' problems in the end. Another tells the story of the boy who cannot talk and searches for his voice among the lost voices at the bottom of the ocean. Do not be afraid of the mysterious coin that has a mind of its own. There is an even greater mystery in the best story of all, which is the last one.