Anno's Journey - Mitsumasa Anno

Join Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winner Mitsumasa Anno for a marvelous illustrated journey through northern Europe in this stunning wordless picture book that brings the artist's inventive eye to the worlds of art and architecture, geography and social studies. A "Boston Globe-Horn Book"Award Winner. An ALA Notable Book. An "American Bookseller" Pick of the List.
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner

Join Anno, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, on a spectacular tour of Europe

A pictorial journey through the traditional countryside, farms, and towns of northern Europe takes readers past familiar storybook characters, visual jokes and puzzles, tricks of perspective, and other surprises.

"With paintings, visual puzzles and tricks of perception, Anno introduces geography and science by focusing on children and adults at work and play, as well as on art, architecture, composers, and painters, as he conducts an imaginary tour of England . . . Lush paintings, exquisitely detailed . . . An exceptional book."--Publishers Weekly

"Executed in meticulous and gently hued watercolors, this imaginative rendering will fill hours of wonderment, always with the delightful anticipation of seeking still one more amazing detail."--Booklist