Publisher's Synopsis
Six orphans, while looking at a comic book of fairytales, are suddenly drawn into the drawings. They now only have two dimensions as they enter this two dimensional world, having only height and breadth, but no depth. Their third dimension, however, is not really lost. Instead it becomes visible by giving these six kids special powers. In this land of the comic book world, some people no longer believe in the Artist, but think their whole world came into being by paint dropping randomly onto a canvas. Everyone who comes into this Two-D World from our three dimensional world has special powers-even the animals. By these special powers everyone learns who is good and who is evil. The evil Paint Thinner and his crew are always trying to paint over the artwork. It is the job of these six orphans to join in on the task of removing the inferior paint, so that the real artwork can once again be seen. Only the Great Artist can fully restore his artwork, but he delights in using these kids to do so. In Two-D World, Book Number One of the series: The Drawings of Comic Book World, the girls meet up with a young woman named Ella. Her step-mother and step-sisters have been painted over by the evil Paint Thinner. While looking for the younger boys, the two oldest boys meet a young man named John, who is considering selling his cow for a handful of beans. Along the way, the boys find Hans and Gert, who have been left in the forest by their parents. Their parents have been nearly completely painted over by the evil Paint Thinner. That is the very reason they left their children in the forest. The mission of these six orphans is to learn what they can about this world, find one another, help Hans and Gert escape from the witch (who is an evil person from our three dimensional world), and to get Ella to the ball at the palace. Along with these six orphans, they have with them a dog, a cat, a dove and a frog, who also have special powers, including being able to talk and think like humans. Above all else, they are to get to know the Great Artist and tell others about him.
