Hiznobyuti

An ugly monster sets out on a wonderfully strange journey of self-discovery.

On a beautiful adventure by himself, he learns the secrets of the universe: how to communicate with trees and birds, how to wake up the sun, and how to see himself for who he truly is - a hero! When he returns from his journey, Hiznobyuti's family rejoices and apologizes for not understanding how beautiful and important he was to them all along. — The Children's Book Review

Hiznobyuti is a truly fantastic children's book that every child should definitely check out! —Rabbit Tears Book Blog

Alyson Waters did an amazing job at keeping the original flavour of the text while making it accessible in English... It's a beautiful story... Apparently Archipelago (the publisher) are planning to get more Ponti books translated in the near future and I couldn't be more excited! I think the world needs to know more about Ponti! — Camille's Bookish Adventures blog

Hiznobyuti's saga of discovery takes him past the challenges of a monster with hammers for hair, or the difficulty of "filling a bottomless pit with a leaky pot" for the old witch Sissyfus...Of course, when we finish, Dean says, "Read that again." And so we do. Why not? We're already settled into the couch. As my grandson sits beside me, I feel the echo of my son or daughter when we'd read together, and the even more distant echo of my father, who taught me, with a single book, the power of a human voice channeling the delights of a story, and the surprise of imagination that held it all together" —Philip Graham, The Millions