![]() ![]() Readers remember the dad's distraction, which started both this book and the trilogy itself. The father and child's mutual adventure unspools silently but with urgency. A wicked, horned warrior invades the castle, seizing the magic crayons from crowned royals (the first child, a second, and a king). Such ambitious, elaborate pictures demand time, and an insistent, pulsing plot battles with their embedded reverie. ![]() Becker's elaborate watercolor-and-pen illustrations capture the scope and mystery of this other place, where, in a few strokes, crayons conjure marvels. New readers will find themselves startled and exhilarated alongside the father when he discovers the improvised door and steps through. Readers familiar with the series know what twinkles on the other side-a purple-plumed bird, trees hung with bobbing lanterns, a Byzantine castle just beyond. ![]() To escape the loneliness of the house, where father furrows his brow over a drafting table upstairs, a white child with a brown pageboy takes up a red crayon and draws a door. This breathless finale to Becker's Journey trilogy ( Journey, 2013 Quest, 2014) takes readers back to the intricate interior of an alternate world where crayons wield power. ![]()
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