A moving book that invites us to give up fears, prejudice, and wild instincts to unite and make room for others.

In this simple, clever book, a child shares space with several animals in the shade of a single rock providing coolness in the burning desert. As the hours go by, the shadow moves but doesn’t get bigger, yet more and more characters come to join the group. The reader dreads the arrival of each newcomer, but when the sun sets, a joyful and united crowd emerges from the shadow.