Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll Format:Hardcover the author and illustrator behind

the author and illustrator behind My Mother's Tongues have fashioned another love letter to family bonds and heritage

Bookish high school student Rintaro Natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather

In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine

threatening to fracture the peace between their realms

Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll Format:Hardcover the author and illustrator behindGet ready to meet a new rock group! From zippy, little pebbles to big strong boulders, the rocks (and their ladybug friend) get together to play and roll around their favorite hill, only to find that one of their friends, Ricky, can't roll with them. Unlike all of the others, who are all round, Ricky can't roll because he's flat on one side. Determined not to leave their friend behind, the rocks and the ladybug set out to help Ricky roll around one