Transit Books

The second volume of Mousse—a new series for early readers—follows Mousse and Barnacle on a trip to the beach, where the addition of a new friend makes Mousse jealous.Mousse wakes up to a clap of thunder and pouring rain. He tries to enjoy his coffee in his favorite armchair, but the tide washes into his living room with wave after wave. When he goes out to the beach to collect the day’s treasures, he doesn’t find anything—or anyone. Where has everyone gone? "They’ve all left for the South,” a mussel calls out. So Mousse decides to head South, too, to take a much deserved vacation. Surrounded by velvety sand and colorful shells, he invites his good friend Barnacle to join him. They relax on the beach, take a mud bath and a dip. Everything about the trip is going as planned, until Felix starts tagging along, and three feels like company . . .

A band of intrepid explorers embarks on a voyage through a strange frontier filled with mystery and beauty: the human body.Donning his frock coat and ruffle collar, Tusseson documents everything that happens in his logbook: traveling by boat across the Stomach’s Stormy Sea, paddling through the Small Intestine’s Emerald Green Canals, camping at the Lungs (despite all the wind!), climbing the Muscle Mountains, escaping through the Nerve Forest to marvel at the night sky, Iris, reflected in the Pacific Tear Channel. As his fellow travelers return home one by one, Tusseson is left to carry on alone… but he won’t give up until he finds the Mystical Meadows of the Brain. Featuring lush and surreal illustrations, The Expedition renders the systems of the human body into wondrous landscapes that take readers on a fantastic voyage like no other.