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Free Fall (original 1988; edition 1991)

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A young boy dreams of daring adventures in the company of imaginary creatures inspired by the things surrounding his bed.
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Info:HarperTrophy (1991), Paperback, 32 pages
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Free Fall by David Wiesner (1988)

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This book is about a kid who has adventures in his dreams. This would also be a fun 'read' aloud and have multipul spots where we stop and think about what is goin on in the page
  stewartj22 | Feb 7, 2024 |
This book would be good for primary. This book is about a boy who has a dream that he is traveling the world with castles and dragons. This book is also wordless and is left to many interpretations about the story. This would be good in the classroom to help kids and their imaginations. ( )
  HannahSmith22 | Mar 3, 2023 |
This is a book without text. The illustrations begin to tell the tale of a young boy who falls asleep while reading illustrations of Kings and Queens and pawns placed on a chess board.

What began as a wonderful tale, somehow spun out of control and I could not follow what the illustrator attempted portray. It seemed to be a group of wonderful illustrations that were unconnected and the train of thought was confusing. I appreciated the art, I simply didn't know what it was attempting to portray. ( )
  Whisper1 | Feb 13, 2023 |
This wordless book takes us through the dream journey of a young boy, mixing reality and fantasy into beautifully striking illustrations. This book would be great for 2nd grade-5th when looking at foreshadowing and studying details of the whole picture, although I would also use this book for upper elementary students on a lesson for surrealism, pairing it with a project to be creative and explore their own surrealism art. You could also disassemble the book (if possible) and create almost one long timeline as each picture spills into the next.
  mhood21 | Feb 8, 2023 |
Wiesner's art is always spetacular, but this book didn't do it for me. It felt like an inferior reboot of his "The Three Pigs", or maybe this book came first? The pigs even make an appearance in the book. Love "The Three Pigs"
A boy falls asleep with a book on his chest, then we see a map flying off into the distance-a page from the book-then we see the boy in a bunch of loosely connected dream scenes. At the end all the random pieces from his dream are in his bedroom. ( )
  SaraBetts | Jul 24, 2021 |
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