belgatherial's review against another edition
4.0
This is absolutely beautiful. You could spend hours pouring over every page.
mat_tobin's review against another edition
4.0
I would say that this is 5 stars but would prefer to say that Wiesner is still finding his feet here and although the vision of the boy's dream is utterly beguiling, I wanted there to be a clearer story thread weaving through. Having watched Wiesner say that the dream is continuous and that should you cut out all the images and place them next to each other, side by side, that they would fit perfectly, I must say that it made me enjoy the book even more as he's clearly enjoying playing with the format and codes.
There is so much to see here and discuss and because, as with much of Wiesner, there is a real sense of ambiguity, then there is a limitlessness to interpretation too. I like the idea of children attempting the same approach and designing their own dream book.
There is so much to see here and discuss and because, as with much of Wiesner, there is a real sense of ambiguity, then there is a limitlessness to interpretation too. I like the idea of children attempting the same approach and designing their own dream book.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Caldecott Honor story book, but not up to the normal level of quality for this author/illustrator. I just don't buy the, he went to sleep and had a fantastical dream kind of story. Still this one is better than typical for such, but as is reasonable in a dream, the plot is not a straightforward affair.
5elementknitr's review against another edition
5.0
This one is an actual dream sequence, but still a stellar, wordless tale.
I adore how you really have to pay attention to every picture. If not, you will miss all the amazing details of how things flow into completely unexpected other things.
I adore how you really have to pay attention to every picture. If not, you will miss all the amazing details of how things flow into completely unexpected other things.
librarylapin's review against another edition
This is a beautiful book without words.
bella_lettore's review against another edition
5.0
Such a wonderful book!!! His work is so amazing to look at, and as good luck should have it my teacher went to college and lived together, so the stories about him just make the books that much more entertaining.
staceym's review against another edition
3.0
I don't like this wordless picture book as much as some of his others