title: The Book About Nothing
author:  Mike Bender 
description: "<b>Heres a book that takes nothing seriously. . . .</b> Bender (Awkward Family Photos, 2010) and Murphys (T-Rex Trying, 2014) picture book<b> elicits a chuckle</b>, and the predominantly black and white images with bold splashes of color are at times endearing<i>."</i><i>Kirkus Reviews<br /><br /></i>"<b>Fans of B.J. Novaks <i>The Book With No Pictures</i></b> will be glad to see another inspired breaking of the fourth wall." <i>School Library Journal<br /><br /></i>"<b>Nothing really is something</b>." <i>Booklist<br /><br /></i>"[A]n entertaining comic premise that <b>offers some amusing primary-grades kid humor</b>." <i>The Bulletin<br /><br /></i>"<b>Bender cleverly riffs on the concept of nothing</b>, and if it sounds meta, it is. It'll turn your Nova's brain inside out as they contemplate how *nothing* can actually be *something*." <i>Literati</i>
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  COMING TO NOTHING
  
  
  AND FINDING EVERYTHING
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COMING TO NOTHING AND FINDING EVERYTHING
  
  
  PRISON, HEADLESSNESS, AND THE MAN IN THE OTHER BATHROOM
  
  
  
  
  
  By J.C. Amberchele
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COMING TO NOTHING AND FINDING EVERYTHING
  
  
  
  
  
  ISBN: 978-1-7926624-6-1
  
  
  
  
  
  © J.C. Amberchele 2019
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover art “Shadow Walking” by Oscar Senn
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A slightly different version of “Patch of Green” first appeared in the
  magazine New Age Journal in 1985.
  
  
  
  
  
  “The Time of Your Life” was published in the Winter 2000 issue of Turning
  Wheel.
  
  
  
  
  
  “Impromptu Awakening” and “No-Mindfulness” appeared in the 1999 Fall and 2001
  Spring/Summer issues respectively of Inner Directions Journal.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Also by J.C. Amberchele:
  
  
  
  
  
  The Light That I Am
  
  
  The Almighty Mackerel and His Holy Bootstraps
  
  
  The Heavenly Backflip
  
  
  Cracked Open
  
  
  How You Lose (A novel in storie