Journey

by Aaron Becker

No cover — Aaron Becker: Journey (2013, Candlewick Press)

Hardcover, 40 pages

English language

Published Sept. 7, 2013 by Candlewick Press.

ISBN:: 978-0-7636-6053-6

(8 reviews)

A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. When she is captured by a sinister emperor, only an act of tremendous courage and kindness can set her free. Can it also lead her home and to her heart's desire? With supple line, luminous color, and nimble flights of fancy, author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey toward her greatest and most exciting adventure of all. - Jacket flap.

2 editions

settingshadow reviewed Journey by Aaron Becker

Review of 'Journey' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

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.