Quest

Description:

In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend him. Returning to the magical Pallonezia, they find the walled city in flames, under siege. Becker includes wonderfully evocative set pieces - a submerged city, a Mayan temple - as the pair follows the map to collect chalk markers in all the colors of the rainbow to free the king and save the city.

subjects: Kings and rulers,  Magic,  Stories without words,  Juvenile fiction,  Parks,  Fiction,  Maps,  Kings, queens, rulers,  Drawing,  Fantasy,  nyt:picture-books=2014-09-14,  New York Times bestseller,  Children's fiction,  Fantasy fiction,  Adventure and adventurers, fiction,  series:Journey_Trilogy