You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons: The World on One Cartoon a Day

This unique graphic memoir chronicles a young Mo Willems' year-long, post-college backpacking trip around the globe in 1990. Traveling with minimal possessions, he captured one significant event each day in a cartoon, ranging from the profound to the absurd. Recently annotated by Willems himself, and featuring a foreword by Dave Barry, this book offers middle-grade readers a humorous and contemplative look at cultural exploration, personal growth, and the development of an artist's perspective. It's an excellent choice for children aged 10-14 who are interested in travel, art, or personal narratives.

On June 1, 1990, less than a week after graduating college, Mo Willems embarked on a yearlong trip around the world. Travelingwith only a notebook, pen and ink, and one change of clothes, he spent the next twelve months backpacking across more than thirty countries.At the end of each day, he drew the one event that stuck out in his mind the mostfrom the sublime to the ridiculous.Recently annotated by the illustrator and featuring a foreword from best-selling humor writer Dave Barry, You Can Never Find a Rickshaw When It Monsoons: The World on One Cartoon a Day is a unique snapshot of an artists coming-of-age as he tries to understand the world around him.