Wiesner, David. (1999). Sector 7. New York: Clarion Books.
Caldecott Honor Book
This book is a very different kind of book. When I picked it up I was unaware of this difference so was very surprised when there were no words. It is a story told with pictures. It is about a boy on a school field trip to a tower in New York. Once at the top he meets a cloud and they take a ride to the “Sector 7 cloud dispatch station.” Once there the clouds are sad because they are all the same shape. The boy draws them new shapes, like fish and animals and swirls. The directors of the center do not like this so send the boy back, but they clouds take the different shapes once outside. This reminds me of the times, as a child, we would lay outside and make shapes look for shapes in the clouds.
I had no idea that a story could be told so well without words. The drawings were very captivating alone, and they did not need words to tell the story. I can see why this book was a Caldecott Honor Book. The pictures are very telling and powerful.
Caldecott Honor Book
This book is a very different kind of book. When I picked it up I was unaware of this difference so was very surprised when there were no words. It is a story told with pictures. It is about a boy on a school field trip to a tower in New York. Once at the top he meets a cloud and they take a ride to the “Sector 7 cloud dispatch station.” Once there the clouds are sad because they are all the same shape. The boy draws them new shapes, like fish and animals and swirls. The directors of the center do not like this so send the boy back, but they clouds take the different shapes once outside. This reminds me of the times, as a child, we would lay outside and make shapes look for shapes in the clouds.
I had no idea that a story could be told so well without words. The drawings were very captivating alone, and they did not need words to tell the story. I can see why this book was a Caldecott Honor Book. The pictures are very telling and powerful.
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