Akiko Miyakoshi\'s enchanting picture book explores how an innkeeper who spends his days at the crossroads of others\' journeys secretly longs to have adventures of his own.
The artwork\'s muted colors and soft focus give it a dreamlike quality and, paired with the spare, simple text, invokes wonder, leaving many questi...show more.
This beautiful picture book from multi-award-winning and internationally best-selling author-illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi thoughtfully speaks to the common experience of longing for something new and exciting, while feeling comfort in the familiar.
The innkeeper continues to go about his daily routine at his hotel, but, someday, he is sure, he will explore the world.
He imagines stopping to visit friends and having wonderful and unexpected experiences.
He dreams of packing a big bag and journeying wherever he pleases, from one unfamiliar town to another.
Only, sometimes, when he goes to sleep at night, the desire to travel far away himself wells up inside him.
He enjoys meeting them, and many even become his friends.
People from all over the world come and go at the innkeeper\'s little hotel.
Akiko Miyakoshi\'s enchanting picture book explores how an innkeeper who spends his days at the crossroads of others\' journeys secretly longs to have adventures of his own
