Published in 2020 by Random House of Canada, it won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language children's illustration.

Sustained in a bell jar and hidden deep below a Perfect Pet store with other failed pet creations, Barnabus dreams of freedom after being told of a wonderful world beyond the confines of the lab.

After learning that they are all to be recycled, plans are set in motion to execute an escape.

Tanya Boudreau writes in the School Library Journal, "a fun tale with a big heart, for all ages and all collections.

[4] Anne Crewdson at the International Examiner expresses, “The storyline is like blades ever-turning and a twist on a timeless tale which remains fresh.”[5]