[.uk] Free Fall (ISBN 0688055842)

Creative thought:
Have your children investigate every page carefully- this book encourages self-awareness and promotes the exploration of the subconscious

A great surprise and a beautiful book:
I found this book in a pretty unexpected way. At work, I as putting together a team of people to take on a new problem. None of the members knew each other well and they all knew me even less. I had read once about an ice breaker activity where each person is given a page of a picture book that they can't show to anyone. The objective is for each participant to talk one-on-one about the page they have, figure out what the pictures are supposed to convey and what order they go in. That started me searching the world of wordless picture books. Once I found this book, I knew I had something great. It doesn't feel like a standard children's story. As others have described, the book begins with a boy falling asleep reading an atlas. As you drift across the pages, you fall into the boy's dreamscape transitioning from one adventurous world after another. As you explore each page, you lose yourself in the gorgeous scenery and are captured by the detail the illustrator poured into in this boy's dream. Adults will love it. My boy, age 7, enjoyed it. This was definitely different from anything else we've read together. We talked about everything that we saw and what was happening. This was a very different experience from the straight-forward bedtime story. He read it a few times by himself and it was great that he was able to read something with so much wonderful detail. If you find yourself reciting your bedtime stories to your kids while your mind drifts off to making your grocery list this is a great change. I've since picked up "Sector 7" and "Tuesday" which are also beautifully illustrated but "Freefall" can't be beat for capturing your imagination and taking you on a wonderful ride. By the way, the ice breaker worked out pretty well too. What a nice way to turn adults back into kids again for a few hours.

Excellent Product & Prompt Delivery:
This item was exactly as described in the item description. It was in the original packaging and is in excellent condition. I am very satisfied and I highly recommend this seller and product to everyone. This is an excellent book by an excellent author!

Awesome book!:
I was first drawn to this book because of the nicely done watercolor illustrations. However, Free Fall is so much more than that! It's a whimsical, unique, riotous ride- through the eyes of a child. Perhaps the most striking element is David Weisner's ability to comunicate such a tale only through his illustrations, without the use of words. This factor allowed me to give the book to children who are illiterate or who don't speak English.

A joy to page through for fantasy lovers young and old:
Created by three-time Caldecott Medal winner David Wiesner, Free Fall is a Caldecott Honor picturebook that tells its story entirely through colorful, wordless, full-page and two-page spread illustrations. When a young boy drifts off into dreamland, spectacular adventures await him - from confronting the lurking dragon that threatens a chess-piece castle, to flying on leaves that transform into swans. Graceful, surreal, and sure to stimulate the imagination, Free Fall is a joy to page through for fantasy lovers young and old.