The Mushroom Man Personal safety Whole societies were re-shaped and

Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought

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The Mushroom Man Personal safety Whole societies were re-shaped andThe Mushroom Man has arrived at its thirtieth anniversary despite breaking every rule of picture book storytelling. It is not a story about children: The only kids make a cameo appearance to taunt the mushroom man in the street. It is not a heroic story: The mushroom man toils away in a mushroom farm, coming to resemble a mushroom himself. The story doesn't teem with personalities: The mushroom man's existence is solitary. So why does it endure?