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In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend him. Returning to the magical Pallonezia, they find the walled city in flames, under siege. Becker includes wonderfully evocative set pieces - a submerged city, a Mayan temple - as the pair follows the map to collect chalk markers in all the colors of the rainbow to free the king and save the city.
Series
3 primary booksJourney Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Aaron Becker.
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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.