Things in the Basement [Paperback]

From New York Times bestselling author Ben Hatke comesThings in the Basement, a young readers graphic novel about Milo, a young boy who discovers a portal to a secret world in his basement.

It was supposed to just be a normal basementsome storage boxes, dust, you know, the usual basement stuff. But when Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Turns out that the basement of his house is enormous. In fact, there is a wholeworlddown there. As Milo travels ever deeper into the Basement World, he meets the many Things that live in the shadows and gloom...and he learns that to face his fears he must approach even the strangest creatures with kindness.

Tasked by his preoccupied mother with finding one of his infant twin sisters socks in the familys basement laundry room, a young boy descends into entire worlds in Hatkes haunted, wondrous museum of a graphic novel. The New York Times,from The Best Childrens Books of 2023


Hatke gently blends both whimsical and terrifying imagery to create a fantastical, dreamily atmospheric katabasis... Publishers Weekly,starred review

Generous in structure, as well, just when the tale could come to a satisfying conclusion, it opens wider, its most heart-pounding moments still ahead. Booklist,starred review

Ben Hatke's inspired plot is visually driven, creative, and multilayered...Things in the Basementis a gorgeous,l+