JOURNEY by Aaron Becker
QUEST by Aaron Becker
RETURN by Aaron Becker
"Follow a girl on an elaborate flight of fancy in a wondrously illustrated, wordless picture book trilogy about self-determination — and unexpected friendship.
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? Author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey ... "It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences." - Goodreads
PUBLISHER: Candlewick 2013
Bookshelf: Up, Up and Away | The New York Times | By Sarah Harrison Smith
”Though Becker has plenty of experience as an artist for films, “Journey” is his first book, and it’s a masterwork. In a tale told solely through pictures, a lonely little girl in a dull, sepia-toned city picks up a red marker and draws a door on her bedroom wall. Through it, she enters a lushly detailed imaginary world where, with the marker’s help, she floats and flies through a dramatic escapade and returns home with a friend. Though that marker will make you think of Crockett Johnson’s “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” Becker’s book has a beauty distinctly its own.”
Kirkus Review
“Ignored by her digitally distracted family, a girl draws a red door on her bedroom wall and steps through.
A lush green forest twinkles with lanterns and strung lights; a dizzying castle towers, its gates, turrets and halls linked by complicated waterways; a hovering aircraft festooned with propellers and wheels holds an imprisoned purple-plumed bird. Amid these marvels, the girl appears markedly ordinary with her common pageboy haircut, minimal facial features and simple clothes. She could be anyone, really, and readers will easily appropriate her journey as their own… An imaginative adventure story whose elaborate illustrations inspire wonder, careful examination and multiple reads.”
Awards
Journey has received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and Booklist
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DRAFT: Kostyk Communications | Media Asset Management Associates | August 2019