The Red Book was illustrated by Barbara Lehman. It is a picture book, so we know how I struggle with those, but I enjoyed this one much more than Flotsam. The pictures tell the story of a little girl who finds a red book in the snow. She lives in a city, and the book tugs are her curiousity all day. When she opens it, she is surprised to see a map and then a face staring back at her that can see her too (from his own little red book). She goes out to seek this stranger, but he thinks she is leaving, so he begins to cry. She traveled across the world with balloons and drops out of the sky to meet her new friend! On the way to meet her new friend, she drops her book on the street, only to be discovered by another boy!
The picture-within-a-picture theme was reminiscent of Flotsam, but I think the story the illustrator was trying to convey was much better. I am beginning to understand the novelty of picture books. It is truly amazing how pictures can tell a whole story without a single word being written on the page.
Sources:
www.barnesandnoble.com Image retrieved on 3-14-08
Lehman, B. (2004). The red book. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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