Books like Round Trip
By Ann Jonas
For the kid who begs to hear the same book again immediately — this one actually gives them a different story the second time through. quiet, clever, visually puzzling — more art gallery than storybook, in the best way.
An author-illustrator named Harris Burdick vanishes, leaving behind fourteen mysterious drawings with only a title and a single line of text each — and no story to explain them.
A white shape drifts across page after page of blue sky, looking like a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, and more — until a final reveal answers what it really is.
A concept book traces everyday transformations — seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly — using die-cut pages that let one shape magically become the next.
A girl and her cat find a portal to another world and meet another version of themselves — a wordless invitation to imagine what's on the other side.
A wordless journey through city streets where ordinary things — fire escapes, scaffolding, road signs — reveal the shape of a letter, all the way from A to Z.
An imaginative boy dreams up the ultimate house, sketching in a racetrack, a flying playroom, and a gigantic slide as his ideas grow wilder with every rhyme.
A curious girl reaches into Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting to grab seeds for her own garden, but tips the vase over, sending flowers everywhere and pulling a nearby painted friend into the chaos.
