Naturally I couldn't help wondering if the choice of name was significant. If it's just a coincidence that this is a book about "existence" and "bod" is the existential verb in Welsh.
So ... in-depth research was ,er, researched. It was all very mysterious, because there was no image of the book to be found on the net.... double mysterious !
Eventually I found an interview with the Coles ( Alison and Lo, author and illustrator) and there was an image, at last. A bit of a pity really, because it would have been better for the plot if there weren't any.
Anyway, I found this ... in an interview with Alison Cole ...
Is there any significance to Bod's name, some family connection,
or is he just a ‘Bod’?
We guess Bod means anything, anybody, nonspecific to race or gender.
Oh well ... but in my opinion there was something a bit subliminal going on there.
"good but small fun retro good book can't wait to give it to my mum lol . . . ."
"Lol" means "nonsense" in Welsh ... if that isn't odd I don't know what is.
And come to that, the word "good" is used twice.... and it's " go od " which means "rather remarkable" in Welsh ... so we've still got a little bit of an idea that there might be more to this "Bod" character than meets the eye.
With that thought in mind, we'll slide oddly on to the "go od" bit of music for today ... it's "Audarme" by Sibrydion ....