Told through brilliant illustrations, a colorful, wordless book takes young readers on a wonderous tour of northern Europe, seeing its landscape, geography, and architecture along the way. Reprint. PW. AB. H. "
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Mitsumasa Anno was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest honor attainable in the field of children's book illustration in 1984. His original art will be displayed at the gallery opening of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Northhampton, MA. Mr. Anno lives in Japan.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As in other Anno works, an anonymous Everyman is seen in each two-page textless illustration. In this book, the traveler begins his trek alone, buys a horse and rides through progressively more populated scenes -- magnificent scenes, filled with literary and artistic allusions, mini-stories, children playing, panorama and touching detail -- all at the same time! Scenes are viewed as if you were just outside the picture and about 40 feet high. The reader/viewer cannot see the details of people's faces, but much human experience and emotion is contained in small details -- children despairing after a lost balloon, flirting lovers, a mother touching her child, etc.
Your child will appreciate this work through many 'reading' levels, and you will constantly make new discoveries yourself.
Mitsumasa Anno's books are not to be missed, and Anno's Journey is a beautiful example of the author/illustrator's work.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Wonderful book. I take it on trips if I need a gift for a wide range of children. With no words, the reading level is not a factor. Full of visual jokes, historical buildings, modern characters hidden in the crowds, famous art and buildings, childrens games, similarities from one page to another ...
The parents love it even more than the kids. It takes days to spot all the interesting things hidden in this book and it's a painless way to talk about history and art with a child. PERFECT for babysitters to use.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Hanink
Format:Hardcover
A testament to the peace and charm of simple drawings executed with grace. A wordless book that, while made for children, is still able to captivate even the most jaded of us hipsters with its simplicity.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By gcfd
Format:Hardcover
I am so glad I discovered this book. My children enjoy telling a different story every time we open it. The fact that there are no words in it makes the children invent a new story each time, and I believe it develops their imagination better in a way, than with a storybook with pictures. I also like the art involved in this book, the minute details that the author/artist had included are adorable! I enjoy reading it myself! Each page reveals several goings-on in a small town, it is so easy to imagine yourself walking among the characters.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have never met such a book. It is a plain pleasure to take it, sit down with a cup of tea and spend some hours (!literally!) on observing the life of those people or looking for all the hidden jokes made with the perspective, composition, citations, self references... So in fact anyone in my family is happy because of this Journey: my 3 years old son as well as my wife and me.
BTW we are Polish, so, as you can guess, there is no language barrier. Anyone on the world could take this book and just start to read and appreciate it.
BTW we are Polish, so, as you can guess, there is no language barrier. Anyone on the world could take this book and just start to read and appreciate it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Mom of 3
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
We just learned that our son is gifted. Through a wonderful book called Some of My Best Friends Are Books, we found Anno's Journey. Anyone with heightened visual perception will lose themselves in the spectacular detail of this book. It is truly special.
By REB
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love the Anno books...... simple and beautiful and full of the opportunity to make up stories on every page. No words, lots of imagination.
By H. Ping
Format:Paperback
My favorite book as a child. Love the illustrations and the stories and art references to find. It's great for teaching adult ESL students too. My students love to find the cultural references they know and learn about the ones they don't.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Creative storybook for imaginative kids (and parents!)
This is a wonderful book for imaginative parents and their equally imaginative children!
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Published on November 7, 2010 by Anthony Peter Swallow
4.0 out of 5 stars
Beatiful, but boring
Beautiful pictures, meticulously detailed. Clearly, a lot of research, thought, talent and hard work went into this book. Read more
Published on January 9, 2009 by Itai
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