Books like Flotsam
By David Wiesner
Flotsam is the book for the kid who can't walk past a washed-up shell without turning it over to check for clues. There's no text at all, just that camera full of photos getting stranger with every page turn. The books below chase that same feeling of finding something bigger than you expected.
Same wordless magic and the same illustrator, but Tuesday by David Wiesner floats frogs through the sky instead of a boy through the surf.
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson shares that whimsical mood and the same heart for curiosity with Flotsam.
The beach photo hid tiny wonders on every page. Animalia by Graeme Base packs every letter with things to hunt for instead.
No words here either, and the quiet builds the same way, but The Snowman by Raymond Briggs sends its ordinary object flying through the night sky.
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet Ahlberg shares that whimsical mood and the same heart for curiosity with Flotsam.
If your kid loved imagining what's under the sand, There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System by Tish Rabe points that same curiosity straight up at the planets.
How to Catch a Unicorn by Adam Wallace shares that whimsical mood and the same heart for curiosity with Flotsam.
Instead of watching a story unfold on the page, Press Here by Hervé Tullet needs your kid's finger to make anything happen at all.
Same wordless drift into an impossible world, but Journey by Aaron Becker adds a door drawn in red marker and a friend worth saving.
Much shorter and simpler, but Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh keeps that same wordless delight in watching something ordinary turn strange and new.
Reach for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault on a wiggly day when your kid needs a chant to shout, not a picture to study.
