‘We were late. We were running in the street. We had played in the river, and we had climbed trees...’ Everything Amma had said NOT to do!

Proiti Roy’s joyous pictures light up the bond between a boy and a dog. Woven into this story of everyday fun are sensory descriptions, and visual details like a walking stick in the boy’s hand or pocket, the dog guiding his friend... clues that gently tell us that the boy is blind.