Age: Preschool-Kindergarten

Surrounded by dark, murky colors, Cleo is overwhelmed with the tribbles of the real world, saddened by others making fun of her, and wants to escape it all. The darker hues and Cleo's sad demeanor in the beginning may be off-putting to adult readers but De Bruyn does not sugar-coat Cleo's perspective as an outsider and her need to escape into the refuge of her imagination.