Bored

PreS-Gr 3–Boredom can feel unbearable. And yet, riding its wave can be fuel for some of our most fantastic and creative adventures! Rita is so bored that even repeating the word “bored’ out loud 100 times can’t snap her out of it. Exhausted by her boredom she retreats to Bored Island, a refuge for all of the bored people in the world and a place where boredom can take many different forms like playing with driftwood, performing in a band, or accidentally discovering new galaxies. Sala perfectly captures the intolerable nature of boredom and how, when left uninterrupted, it can be a portal to infinite possibilities. Her concise writing allows for her soft, whimsical, watercolorlike illustrations to fill the page with effect. As Rita’s imagination grows, so does Sala’s palette, replacing the white space of boredom with rainbow colors and full-bleed spreads of unknown worlds.