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Hardcover – Picture Book, June 9, 2015
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · June 9, 2015
A boy’s small paper boat—and his large imagination—fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own.
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- Who it’s for
- A wordless paper-boat adventure lets expressive pictures carry the story.
- Themes
- Imagination, Rainy-day adventure, Searching for a lost boat
- Genres
- Imagination & Play, Boats & Ships, Art & Architecture
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A boy’s small paper boat—and his large imagination—fill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me! that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own. A little boy takes a boat made of newspaper out for a rainy-day adventure. The boy and his boat dance in the downpour and play in the puddles, but when the boy sends his boat floating down a gutter stream, it quickly gets away from him.
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So of course the little boy goes on the hunt for his beloved boat—and when the rain lets up, he finds himself on a new adventure altogether. This seemingly simply story from Daniel Miyares is enriched with incredible depth and texture that transcend words.
Rainy-Day Wonder
A wordless paper-boat adventure lets expressive pictures carry the story.
Come here for
- For rainy-day play, puddles, and a boy’s big imagination
- For a visual story that leaves room to make your own meaning
Expect
- A wordless picture book with depth and texture
- Endpaper instructions for building a paper boat
Where it sits
| Imagination & Play | 70% |
|---|---|
| Art & Architecture | 48% |
| Boats & Ships | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Weather Stories
- Boats & Ships
- Imagination & Play
- Authors
- Daniel Miyares
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Published
- June 9, 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Imagination · Rainy-day adventure · Searching for a lost boat
- Reading lane
- Weather Stories