Journey

Leo says: “It reminds me of Harold and the Purple Crayon.”
What did you like about it? “It was beautiful.”
Anything else: “She freed the bird at the end. I knew she was going to because that was nice.”

I think: this is a gorgeous, word-less picture book. I was worried that my 4.5 year old wasn't going to understand a book without words, but she actually really understood what was happening. There was a lot of oohing and aahing over the pictures, and especially the forms of transportation and castles and not all of it on the part of the preschooler.

First thought, lovely cover. Second thought, interesting wordless picture book. Third thought, which in turn is the most important... how in the world did a wordless picture book bring me to tears?! A lonely girl with a red chalk bit, an incredible imaginary world of greens, blues, and golds... and a purple positive possibility...

Thanks to Candlewick Press.

Everything you want in a picture book...beautiful illustrations...fantastic story...adventure...action...magic....Journey. It was a Caldecott Honor book a few years back, a well-deserved selection. And now the journey continues on, with more beautiful illustrations, another fantastic story, more adventure, and more magic in Quest. And onward goes the quest, with even more illustrations, yet another fantastic story, even more adventure, and even more magic in Return. Read them all.