![]() Some of the best, most beautifully illustrated wordless picture books I have ever seen. I just spent quite a while with a 9-year-old who moved from one book to the other, finding all kinds of details I had missed (“Did you notice the boy always draws animals and the girl always draws machines?”). No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than he is captured by hostile forces that. Pros: Caldecott honoree Aaron Becker has risen to the occasion of creating a third amazing book in this trilogy. Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning wordless fantasy.A king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. The boy, girl, and king are powerless to stop it, but Dad turns out to have a magical crayon of his own, and figures out a way to save the day. They have a box that draws the magical crayons and their creations inside of it. She meets up with the boy, the king, and the bird from the previous books, and as usual, the bad guys make an appearance. ![]() ![]() He is best known for his wordless picture book trilogy Journey, Quest, and Return, which follows the adventures of a young girl who uses a magic red crayon to explore fantastical worlds. ![]() This time, though, her father finally looks up from his work and follows her. Aaron Becker is an American author and illustrator of children’s books. Summary: In this third and final volume of a wordless trilogy, a girl travels once again into the magical world she discovered in Journey and continued to explore in Quest. ![]()
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