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Highlights
- A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the YearThe classic Round Trip takes young readers on an imaginative, inventive journey, from the country to the city and back again.
- 4-8 Years
- 9.82" x 7.94" Paperback
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Fiction, Concepts
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About the Book
This book isn't just the story of a round trip--it is a round trip. Read forward and look at the sights, then flip the book over to see something different on the way back. Ann Jonas' amazing two-way trip is guaranteed to change the way you look at things. Black-and-white illustrstions.Book Synopsis
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year
The classic Round Trip takes young readers on an imaginative, inventive journey, from the country to the city and back again. It's not just the story of a round trip--it is a round trip! Read the story forward, then flip the book over to see something different on the way back.
Kirkus called the black-and-white art, by best-selling picture-book creator Ann Jonas, "Show-stopping sleight of pen." In a starred review, Booklist praised Round Trip as "An inventive book for young readers that will delight anyone whose imagination is intact."
Publishers Weekly said, "A visual stunner . . . sure to delight and fascinate." Parents who loved this book as children will want to share it with their own little ones today.
From the Back Cover
"A visual stunner....The format is wonderfully inventive--once the traveler arrives in the city, the book is flipped over and read back to the beginning, with the black-and-white pictures taking on new meanings....Sure to delight and fascinate."--Publishers Weekly.Review Quotes
"Show-stopping sleight of pen." -- Kirkus Reviews
"An inventive book for young readers that will delight anyone whose imagination is intact." -- Booklist (starred review)