It’s odd when a children’s book is adult-relatable. Kid lit
usually takes you to another world, frequently animal, with the express goal of
teaching your little ones valuable life lessons. But Dudley the Daydreamer by Anders Brundin, illustrated by Joanna Rubin Dranger and translated by Frank Perry is a little more sophisticated than your
favorite mouse. When we join Dudley in his ordinary
world we get a load of adult drudgery: getting rained on at the bus stop,
burning sausages, writing supplementary draft reports . . .
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