Cette série explore la puissance de l'imagination et le courage de transcender la réalité quotidienne. Une protagoniste découvre des royaumes fantastiques par des actes simples, s'engageant dans des aventures visuelles à travers des terres merveilleuses. Ces récits sans paroles sont remplis de fantaisie, de péril et de découverte, montrant un voyage de bravoure et d'ingéniosité. Finalement, ces expéditions mènent à de nouvelles amitiés et enrichissent le monde magique comme le monde réel.
Avec un simple crayon rouge, une fillette dessine une porte magique, qui s'ouvre sur des mondes imaginaires. Crayon en main, elle crée tour à tour un bateau, une montgolfière, et un tapis volant ; et traverse des royaumes enchanteurs. Une aventure poétique à l'encre, plume et aquarelle, qui montre que l'imagination offre un voyage sans limite.
Aaron Becker, creator of Journey, a Caldecott Honor book, presents the next chapter in his stunning wordless fantasy. A king emerges from a hidden door in a city park, startling two children sheltering from the rain. No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than he is captured by hostile forces that whisk him back through the enchanted door. Just like that, the children are caught up in a quest to rescue the king and his kingdom from darkness, while illuminating the farthest reaches of their imagination. Colored markers in hand, they make their own way through the portal, under the sea, through a tropical paradise, over a perilous bridge, and high in the air with the help of a winged friend. Journey lovers will be thrilled to follow its characters on a new adventure threaded with familiar elements, while new fans will be swept into a visually captivating story that is even richer and more exhilarating than the first.
Welcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker’s wordless trilogy—a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home. Failing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and adventure. It’s her third journey into the enticing realm of kings and emperors, castles and canals, exotic creatures and enchanting landscapes. This time, it will take something truly powerful to persuade her to return home, as a gripping backstory is revealed that will hold readers in its thrall. Caldecott Honor winner Aaron Becker delivers a suspenseful and moving climax to his wordless trilogy, an epic that began with the award-winning Journey and continued with the celebrated follow-up Quest.