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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2011
K-Gr 3—Lehman presents the perfect progression of images to relate an enchanting adventure. Long ago, a boy placed a box in the floorboards of an attic in a tall, yellow military school building. Page turns show the passage of time as the area surrounding the building changes from farmland to a sprawling cityscape. Through the years, the building remains a dormitory inhabited by children. In the present day, three boys discover the box. Inside are ticket stubs, a postcard, photos, and a map that leads the way to Seahorse Pier, a colorful ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2011
The creator of several wordless picture books (The Red Book, rev. 9/04; Rainstorm, rev. 5/07) returns to her signature theme of a found object that leads a solitary child to fantastical adventures so vivid that they are perceived, by child and reader alike, as real. This time, a long-ago boy hides a box of memorabilia from an amusement park under an attic floorboard: a postcard of "Seahorse Pier," ticket stubs, a map. Is he in a boarding school? An orphanage? Whichever, hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In this wordless story, a long-ago boy hides a box of amusement-park memorabilia under an attic floorboard. Time passes: fields give...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2011
A deceptively simple-looking wordless picture book with incredible depth. Readers will find themselves drawn into its world, poring over the illustrations, flipping pages back and forth, looking for clues. The story is epic in scope—a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
