Animal Land
Where There Are NO People
Animal Land
where there are
no People
is quite near, only you can't see it. It is a kind of Garden Cage, with the North Pole and the sea always roughling and wavy. It is always light there, always day, they climb the poles and always play.
By Sybil & Katherine Corbet
Written by four-year Sybil Corbet in 1897, with illustrations by her mother Katherine, the author of Animal Land possesses what Andrew Lang called “a mature genius for pure Nonsense.” This bestiary of 33 creatures includes, by way of example:
The Hottle: This Animal stands on its head and enjoys itself.
The Jumma: This Animal likes chocolate and rabbits. It is a little blingey.
The Cattaby: This Animal only hops and eats and eats and eats.
The Ding: This Animal is so happy. It makes a great Hole in the Park.
The Boddles: This Animal screams and eats candles and soap.
To celebrate this beautiful book, Uzzlepye Press has scanned, cleaned, and rereleased the original black and white book into an easy-to-read softcover or ebook and collaged all of the book’s creatures into a special new print. This print includes the newly-colorized animals, their names, and the entire text of the book in the original’s beautiful handwritten script. Enjoy the image, and order a print or two-sided throw pillow to bring a little bit of Animal Land into your own corner of the world.
