THE LITTLE THING IS SAD BOOK

These collectible hardcover books were printed for Cave Things by the monks at Denmark’s Narayana Press.

Every purchase includes a download of the talking book, read and soundtracked by Nick Cave.

In The Little Thing Is Sad, the little thing wakes up unhappy, and the usual cast of friends suggest ways of making it less sad…boy, do they get it wrong! In the end, the little thing must go and ask the thing that lives in the cave, who of course has the remedy!

‘Book of the year’
Warren Ellis

‘Arguably the best book ever written’
Susie Cave

‘Better than all other children’s books’
Andrew Dominik

‘I’ve read a lot of children’s books in my time and this is by far the best one’
Jim Sclavunos

‘A classic of children’s literature. Bravo!’
George Vjestica

'Beautifully illustrated by me and full of all the melancholy humour you would expect from a storyteller of my calibre, The Little Thing Is Sad is destined to be ‘a classic of children’s literature'
Nick Cave


Published by Cave Things
Size: 16 x 16 cm (hardcover)
Age: 3-5 years
Number of pages: 44
Printed and bound by Narayana Press

Also available as a bundle: The Little Thing bundle #2 and #3