Mein Leben als einsamer Axolotl

Climate change, as it has never been told before: by a lovable axolotl, who may be the last of his kind. Bittersweet, quirky, existential – and hopeful in a catastrophe brimming with life. At the bottom of a lake in Mexico City, our axolotl narrator attends underwater school, collects treasures discarded by the two-legged Plumpians on land (meaning us humans), and throws dance parties with his tiger salamander friends. Life is beautiful, but as the world gets hotter, the water becomes murkier. It becomes increasingly difficult to find friends, and the lonely axolotl grows even lonelier. Until one day, out of the blue, a colossal wave carries the axolotl into a surprising new future. My Life as a Lonely Axolotl – Down at the Bottom is a very special children's book about the climate crisis: Linda Bondestam creates, with her irresistible visual charm, her beautifully painted underwater world, and great empathy, a cheerful yet poignant book about life on Earth – which is fragile yet so resilient.