Moletown. La Ciudad de Los Topos (Hardcover)

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The fabulously talented Torben Kuhlmann, the German author/illustrator who made his debut with Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse, returns with this second picture-book, an almost wordless history of the development of Moletown. Founded when one mole moves in underneath a green meadow, the set...

from 2wonderY

Almost entirely wordless, having only intro and final page couple of sentences. It has complex full page spread illustrations of a burgeoning mole metropolis. Two sadnesses - halfway through the book, the moles dress and move in identical swarms and the green field is corrupted to dark and smog-f...

from Carlathelibrarian

The story of Moletown begins with one mole, who tunneled underneath a lush, wild meadow. He was quickly joined by other moles. As more and more moles joined them, development slowly spun out of control - and before they knew it, the green fields above their heads had been reduced to barren earth ...

from AliceaP

I never knew that moles were adorable until I read Moletown by Torben Kuhlmann. (You may remember him from such posts as this one or this one.) I also had no idea that they would work as a perfect stand-in for humans. Kuhlmann once again knocks it right out of the park with this story of urbaniza...

from MeganTrue

Absolutely incredible! Amazingly done.