Books like Return
By Aaron Becker
For the kid who draws their own doorways into other worlds when the real one feels like it's looking away, this closes out a journey that started with a simple red marker. Wordless, wistful, and visually sweeping — quiet suspense that builds toward something tender.
A girl's walking house trips down a mountainside, scattering her found family of creatures across the hills, and now she must gather everyone and track down her runaway home.
A baby clown bounces off the circus train and lands in a lonely farmer's empty field, and the two unlikely companions spend a day together before the clown must find his way home.
On a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is whisked away by a mischievous cloud to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7, where he starts sketching wild new cloud shapes for bored clouds.
A friendly ghost named Leo loves drawing and making snacks, but when a new family misunderstands his attempts to help, he leaves home to find where he truly belongs.
An imaginary friend waits and waits to be chosen by a child, and when no one picks him, he does the unimaginable — he leaves his island to find his perfect match himself.
A little bird wakes to find his flock has already flown south without him, and an unlikely friendship with Mooch the cat helps him find his way home.
A younger boy follows a strange, ever-growing list of rules set by his older brother over one long summer, until breaking one plunges him into real danger only his brother can pull him back from.
A discarded toy clown is thrown out with the rubbish and sets off through town on a wordless adventure, determined to find a home for himself and his toy friends.
A girl in a swimsuit and flippers copies a graceful flamingo's every move, and through twists, turns, and one big flop, the two find their way to a dance in perfect harmony.
When the Primm family moves into their new apartment on East 88th Street, they find a crocodile named Lyle living in the bathtub — and slowly, surprisingly, come to love him.
A girl and her house full of rescued, misfit creatures grow restless and decide to move on — but when every one of her careful plans falls apart, she has to find another way forward.
