The entire world has been turned upside down, and this book is no exception. The pictures on the end papers are upside down, it starts with the word "fin," which means end, the pictures are numbered backwards sequentially from 40-1, and the title page and colophon are the final pages.
The illustrations are intentionally confusing, and each double paged spread requires the reader to think about what is being portrayed and why it is nonsensical. Some examples include a bug spraying a person with repellent, a plant watering a person, boxers in a boxing ring watching the audience members pummel each other, and a man in a cage, under the watch of an enormous bird.
El Mundo al Reves [The World Upside Down] by Miguel Calatayud. Spain: Media Vaca, 2001. [9788493200411]
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