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With supple line, luminous color, and nimble flights of fancy, author-illustrator Aaron Becker launches an ordinary child on an extraordinary journey toward her greatest and most exciting adventure of all.","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356196622508,"sku":"9780763660536","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/24447753482459.jpg?v=1781634444"},{"product_id":"9781536227680","title":"Last Zookeeper","description":"\u003cb\u003eA master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah's Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Earth has flooded. The only signs of humankind are the waterlogged structures they left behind. Peeking out from the deluge are the remnants of a zoo, home to rare and endangered animals, survivors of long neglect. 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Open this gorgeous board book to find an ode to ever-changing colors, offering a spectrum of hues evoking the sun, the sea, clouds, and dew-dappled fruit. In colorful grids of small squares—some translucent inserts, some painted on the page—Aaron Becker uses layering to make colors shift and transition from spread to mesmerizing spread. 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No sooner does he push a map and some strange objects into their hands than he is captured by hostile forces that whisk him back through the enchanted door. Just like that, the children are caught up in a quest to rescue the king and his kingdom from darkness, while illuminating the farthest reaches of their imagination. Colored markers in hand, they make their own way through the portal, under the sea, through a tropical paradise, over a perilous bridge, and high in the air with the help of a winged friend. \u003ci\u003eJourney \u003c\/i\u003elovers will be thrilled to follow its characters on a new adventure threaded with familiar elements, while new fans will be swept into a visually captivating story that is even richer and more exhilarating than the first.","brand":"Candlewick Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356379402412,"sku":"9780763665951","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/24501903482459.jpg?v=1781637330"},{"product_id":"9780763677305","title":"Return","description":"\u003cb\u003eWelcome the much-anticipated finale of Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker’s wordless trilogy—a spectacular, emotionally satisfying story that brings its adventurer home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFailing to get the attention of her busy father, a lonely girl turns back to a fantastic world for friendship and adventure. 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