Title: Quest
Description: In the Caldecott Honor-winning Journey, much of Becker's energy was devoted to the story's exquisite backdrops. Now, in the second wordless book of his planned trilogy, the focus is on his characters. On a rainy day in a city park, the girl who starred in Journey and the boy introduced at the end take refuge by a doorway under a bridge. To their surprise, a king emerges from the door just long enough to pass the two a map before soldiers apprehend him. Returning to the magical Pallonezia, they find the walled city in flames, under siege. Becker includes wonderfully evocative set pieces - a submerged city, a Mayan temple - as the pair follows the map to collect chalk markers in all the colors of the rainbow to free the king and save the city.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Magic, Stories without words, Juvenile fiction, Parks, Fiction, Maps, Kings, queens, rulers, Drawing, Fantasy, nyt:picture-books=2014-09-14, New York Times bestseller, Children's fiction, Fantasy fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, series:Journey_Trilogy, JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts / Colors, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play