Thingamabob 
by Marianna Coppo

What is a thingamabob? A thingamabob can be anything . . . and so can you! A sweet, empowering picture book about self-discovery from the acclaimed author-illustrator of Petra.

In the beginning, the universe was one great big thing. Then that thing exploded into gobs and gobs of thingamabobs. All of the thingamabobs had a purpose . . . all except for one small, shapeless thingamabob. No one knew what it was for. It wasn’t this or that. It wasn’t here or there. What’s the use of this thingamabob?But everything changes for Thingamabob when it makes a friend in the park. And Thingamabob realizes that if you aren’t one thing . . . you can be everything!

"Once you’ve seen some aspect of the world the way Marianna Coppo presents it, you won’t go back to seeing it the old way. (...) Coppo shows a deep connection to the way children think, a quality she shares with best authors and artists for young readers."
Imaginary Elevators

“Coppo succeeds in guiding readers into the titular character’s interiority, making it possible to relate its failures to their own and resulting in a piquant and poignant adventure.”
Publishers Weekly

Awards:

★ The 2023 Braw Amazing Bookshelf - Bologna Children’s Book Fair

Rights:

English North America: Tundra Books, Spring 2022
China: Beijing Green Been Books
Brazil: Carochinha Editora
Italy: Uppa edizioni
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