It's love at first sight.
Since I still can't manage to escape the island - I'm now a regular Kinokuniya visitor who drop by almost on daily basis to spend from minutes to hours walking through those shelves packed with inspiring pages.
I don't really buy books in Singapore dollars - but some are just irresistible. The second I saw this book I was ....*speechless*
Story by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser (they're sisters!), it's a book about a girl with her grandma who wants to visit New York's Metropolitan Museum. She has to leave her yellow helium balloon outside and the museum guard offers to take care of it. The balloon is unexpectedly flown away by the wind and the museum guard has to chase it around NYC attracting more and more people & causing chaoses in the city's popular spots such as The Plaza and Central Park, as the girl and her grandma walk happily around the museum to see legendary artworks (that are hilariously resembled by what's happening outside with all the chase).
And oh. It's a wordless book. With a heartwarming story and mind-blowing illustration.
Well, despite of little proportion mistakes which don't matter lah yaaa, and .... hmmh.. (Lasalle mode : on) the cover will be better with handwritten/Victorian typeface and without the pastel purple background right? I love the complexity and the magnificent details of the illustration - wowwww, and how it manages to capture and showcase the city-feel - a tour for the readers, and the usage of colours (which are added gradually as more characters appear) as the focal point. Oh not forgetting the perspective drawing!
It's also a brilliant way to introduce children to the amusing world of art! I'm so gonna keep this book for years :D hahahahaha.
I found out that this is actually quite an old book (sorry la I don't live in North America hahahaha) - and it's part of a series : 2 other books are still out there to hunt!
Well, dollars well spent again :D
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