Quest, a wordless book by Aaron Becker
published in 2014 by Candlewick Press
Following up on his sublime Caldecott-Honor title, Journey (reviewed here), Aaron Becker now treats us to a second episode of adventurous escapades.
Armed with their magic crayons, our two friends and their elegant, purple quetzal are simply taking shelter from the rain at the park, when suddenly, an ancient king appears. “Shhhhhh!” he cautions, then hands them a curious map and strange sash. Before there’s a moment to explain, soldiers in armor fall upon the king, brandish spears, and drag him back through a mysterious doorway.
You do know that your blog does two things to me: 1) delights me! makes me want to return to the states and huddle down in a bookstore! and 2) makes me want to buy every book and break my budget. I LOVE your choices. Thank you for the suggestions. I had bought journey for Indya after reading about it on your blog and began to follow the author and can’t wait to add Quest to Indya’s library for Christmas!
Ah, Jodi! I wish I could send you one of everything! I, too, LOVED Journey and have been itching to see this one 🙂 Love to your family…
I loved Journey so much and loved having such in depth conversations with my daughter that wordless books tend to promote. I was so excited to see that Quest has been published and cannot wait to add it to our collection. I love your posts, they are fabulous.
Thank you, Erin. I love that you and your daughter talk together about the stories in the books! Wordless books do add a whole extra layer of wondering together.
You seem to come up with the BEST lists ever! I love wordless books! They spark such imaginings!! And William Joyce is a true wonder! Thanks for sharing all the goodies! I’m off on a hunt!
Thanks, Rhythm! I am ever amazed at all the goodies waiting to be found out there! Happy hunting!