Category: wordless

Sandra Louise Woodward Darling

Jul 27, 2024

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by

Judy Butler

in authors, illustrations, wordless

A friend pulled Carl’s Afternoon in the Park (1991) from a bookstore shelf and said, “You’ve got to see this.” That was in 1992. What fun it’s been finding books by Alexandra Day ever since. Carl is an enormous Rottweiler that looks after a child while his owners are away. The idea for this series…
Only similar, not the same

Jun 20, 2024

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by

Judy Butler

in similarities, story comparisons, wordless

Flostsam (2006) started me on a quest to find books by David Wiesner. His imagination and craft are expontentially different from any other author/illustrator. Flotsam is a large book with a bold red cover: a fish’s head with a huge camera lens-like eye smack in the center of the picture. The main character in this…