Let's Go Swimming with Mr Smartypants

I like the big format Picturemac books and this odd story uses the picture space inventively. There's virtually no narrative, instead the story is told through Mr Smartypants' thoughts which are hand lettered within the picture frame. Mr Smartypants is a Monty Python sort of character who is about to take up swimming lessons but is frightened of the water. He has a terrible dream in which he experiences all sorts of underwater problems. When he wakes he decides that reality can't be so bad after all and learns to swim happily. (Or at least, we suppose he learns to swim; we don't actually see him doing it which is disappointing.) An enjoyable story. Mr Smartypants has potential for further adventures, I think.