Fernando Krahn (1935–2010)

A book that may or may not gives kids the wrong idea... BUT, parents will laugh their butts off remembering their kids (and maybe themselves) doing these same things while they should have been sleeping.

A wordless book featuring a young protagonist who: Sneaks cake while pretending to sleepwalk, has a cake related nightmare, does a puppet show by flashlight, plays the recorder with dogs that are howling at the moon, and doesn't want to wake up when it is time to wake up.

Who's Seen the Scissors by Fernando Krahn is a wordless picture book from the 1970s. It's done in pencil sketches except for red ink (or perhaps paint) reserved for the titular character, a magical pair of scissors that escape from a tailor and go on a flight through town.

Each picture builds on the last one with a red dotted line showing the path the scissors take. By comparing the before and after one can see the damage that the scissors have done. Flowers get decapitated, a lion gets a show more haircut, and so forth. It's really cute and doesn't require any sort of explanation in the form of words.

The only thing that could have made it better is if the scissors were shown traveling left to right. By reversing the path the book could be come one long panorama that follows the scissors through town and out the country where the circus is. show less

Word-free book about a kid hanging out at home, when she gets a carpet delivery. The carpet misbehaves until she (thinks) she gets it under control. The illustrations were clever, and it was fun to tell this story with my 6yo.

Shades of [b:Cheaper by the Dozen|40669887|Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)|Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530288546l/40669887._SY75_.jpg|1925199]. However, I remember loving that book, and this one just falls flat for me. I can see it making some kids giggle, especially if they have a plethora of siblings, or like anthropomorphic animals, but it just seems rather random to me.