The Shooing Cave

A brave boy explores a dark cave. When he encounters the mysterious Stark, he tries to ignore it and shoo it away. But amid the wonders of the cave, the curious Stark keeps showing up, until the boy can ignore him no longer. In recounting the story of a fantastic cave creature, a father explains the features of a karst cave to his little boy. A short addendum describes and defines cave features, with photographs.

Ingrid Lee is a writer of fiction and nonfiction for young people, whose books have been translated into multiple languages. When she is not writing or exploring, she teaches art and English. Johnny Hollick is a mixed media artist and performer from Toronto and a graduate of the University of Toronto Fine Arts program. His paintings and multimedia performances have been featured in galleries and elsewhere. Presently, his work is largely collage-based, generated digitally from textures, then reworked physically with scissors and wit.