Wordless Picture Book: Journey

Title of Book: Journey

Author & Illustrator: Aaron Becker

Publisher: Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0763660536

Another book that caught my eye is the book, Journey, written and illustrated by Arron Becker, another winner of the Caldecott Award. I honestly never heard of a Caldecott award before beginning my journey into Children's literature. My last book review was also a winner of the award and in my mind I thought, ok, this must be pretty major. So after realizing that Journey also won the award, I looked into the award itself. Winning this award as I thought, is in fact a pretty major honor. The Caldecott Medal recognizes the "most distinguished American picture book for children". 

The book begins with its illustrated drawings in a boring and dull sepia color and introduce a girl who appears to be bored and with nobody to play with. In her bedroom she uses a red crayon to draw a door on her wall. She walks through the door into a world exploding with color, unlike the sepia tones she just came from. She walks through a forest that is lit up with beautiful hanging lanterns. She comes up to a river and with her red crayon still in hand, draws a red boat and uses it to navigate the river toward a huge castle. Her adventure goes on and on leading her to a hot air balloon ride, an airship, a magic carpet, and more before finding a friend to play with.

I found out that Journey is part of a Trilogy that keeps the adventure going for the little girl. I honestly plan on purchasing the trilogy because I can see Noah entertaining me with different renditions of his interpretations of the pictures over and over. I read Journey alone. Unfortunately, Noah was not around to give me his opinion. I however, enjoyed this book tremendously. It's an inspiring book that makes me feel like our own adventures are in our own hands. We just need to get up and go. 

I give Journey 4 out of 4 stars. It's honestly a fantastic book that can have a child drawing up the story of the little girl’s adventure over and over again, with a different story each time the book is read.