A particularly sharp example of this out of print book. The dustjacket is pristine.

A fanciful tale of evolution as the Glob transforms from protoplasmic goo into a prehistoric hunter-gatherer. Walt Kelly contributes 56 text illustrations to this 63 page book. One of Kelly's most accomplished non-Pogo works.

The New York Times review:

Since, in their quest for knowledge, children proceed from the specific to the general, this little parable may spark their interest in the real story of man's evolution. It was to amuse his daughters that John O'Reilly, naturalist-reporter for The New York Herald-Tribune, spun this story of the Glob, a shapeless sea creature which, eons ago, floundered out of the ocean, “arranged himself in the general shape of legs and feet" and took the first step toward being a man. We watch him through the eons as he develops arms, builds the first home (in a tree), tames the first dog, makes the first joke, meets other Globs and founds the first town. The long march to civilization has begun.

Far from being a savage caveman, the Glob is a homey, comfortable sort of character. In fact he is sometimes just a little too cute. I suspect that adults will enjoy him on the whole rather more than the youngsters, but the latter will find him entertaining, especially since Walt Kelly of "Pogo" fame has drawn him with a suitably comic touch.