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Chalk
Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day
40 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2010
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Bill Thomson
17Ìýbooks81Ìýfollowers Bill Thomson lives in Southington, Connecticut with his wife, Diann, and their three sons, Billy, Nik, and Ethan. Bill has illustrated Karate Hour, Building With Dad, Baseball Hour, and Soccer Hour, all written by Carol Nevius. Bill's also created the wordless books, CHALK, FOSSIL, and THE TYPEWRITER. Bill is a Professor of Illustration at the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford.
Most of my book ratings are books that I own... and a couple of others that I have seen and enjoyed.
Most of my book ratings are books that I own... and a couple of others that I have seen and enjoyed.
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January 27, 2021
This is one of the most imaginative and visually stunning pieces of literature I have ever enjoyed
January 25, 2018
Okay I already wrote one review on my kindle and where the fiddles it went ... shrug. Here goes again.
This is a wonderful and imaginative story that truly comes from the heart of an artist! It doesn’t need words because the actions are so beautifully portrayed in these hand illustrated scenes done in acrylic and colored pencil.
Beautiful.
This is a wonderful and imaginative story that truly comes from the heart of an artist! It doesn’t need words because the actions are so beautifully portrayed in these hand illustrated scenes done in acrylic and colored pencil.
Beautiful.
May 24, 2017
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Chalk by Bill Thomson is a story about three little girls out and about on a rainy day. They stumble upon a T-rex in a large paved area. The T-rex has a bag in his mouth and the children soon discover that the bag contains an assortment of colored chalk. They decide to draw pictures on the pavement and their drawn pictures begin to come alive! Each child creates their own art on the pavement until another little boy shows up. He decides to draw a gigantic T-rex. Follow along in the story to see if the children can figure out what to do with this giant creation!
The book illustrations appear animated while the children have lifelike features. The illustrations have the characteristics of creation by digital computer equipment, but they’re not. Bill Thomson used painting techniques and each illustration is created by hand, using acrylic paint and colored pencils.
5
Chalk by Bill Thomson is a story about three little girls out and about on a rainy day. They stumble upon a T-rex in a large paved area. The T-rex has a bag in his mouth and the children soon discover that the bag contains an assortment of colored chalk. They decide to draw pictures on the pavement and their drawn pictures begin to come alive! Each child creates their own art on the pavement until another little boy shows up. He decides to draw a gigantic T-rex. Follow along in the story to see if the children can figure out what to do with this giant creation!
The book illustrations appear animated while the children have lifelike features. The illustrations have the characteristics of creation by digital computer equipment, but they’re not. Bill Thomson used painting techniques and each illustration is created by hand, using acrylic paint and colored pencils.
5
December 17, 2010
What a unique and interesting book. The art style is so different. A part of me wasn’t a fan, but I was wowed anyway. The pictures are so realistic, vivid, vibrant, colorful, and creative.
The story, told all via the pictures (this is a wordless picture book) of three children who draw things on the sidewalk with chalk, things that come to life, will be fun for many kids. The dinosaur is really scary though in some of the illustrations. I can see some very young or sensitive kids being scared of this book, despite its humor and overall very happy story and obviously happy ending.
I love many wordless picture books. Aside from all their other charms, they’re especially great for kids who do not know how to read words; those kids can usually understand the story and everything going on in a wordless book that relies on pictures to tell the story. Pre-readers will be able to read and perfectly understand the story in this book.
I am having a hard time deciding how to rate this one. I could see giving it a 3, and I could see giving it a 5; I’m going to compromise and I’m giving it 4 stars.
I already had this out from the library, and it turns out I would have read it anyway because it was just selected as one of the wordless picture books the Picture Book Club is reading in January over at the . It’s going to be another fabulous month for that club, which reads 6 picture books each month, every month having a different theme.
The story, told all via the pictures (this is a wordless picture book) of three children who draw things on the sidewalk with chalk, things that come to life, will be fun for many kids. The dinosaur is really scary though in some of the illustrations. I can see some very young or sensitive kids being scared of this book, despite its humor and overall very happy story and obviously happy ending.
I love many wordless picture books. Aside from all their other charms, they’re especially great for kids who do not know how to read words; those kids can usually understand the story and everything going on in a wordless book that relies on pictures to tell the story. Pre-readers will be able to read and perfectly understand the story in this book.
I am having a hard time deciding how to rate this one. I could see giving it a 3, and I could see giving it a 5; I’m going to compromise and I’m giving it 4 stars.
I already had this out from the library, and it turns out I would have read it anyway because it was just selected as one of the wordless picture books the Picture Book Club is reading in January over at the . It’s going to be another fabulous month for that club, which reads 6 picture books each month, every month having a different theme.
December 2, 2010
Chalk is wordless storytelling at its best. A trio of kids happen upon a bag of chalk left unattended in a playground. They discover that things they draw come to life. The situation gets complicated when a boy draws a T-Rex and it begins to chase them. But the chalk that got them into trouble also gets them out of it. Thomson's photorealistic artwork is all kinds of amazing - vivid, precise, at times almost eerie in its level of realism. - T
June 24, 2020
It was a magical day when all the chalk drawings started coming to life.
And, it was all fun and games until somebody drew a dinosaur.
This is a great adventure featuring stunning photo-realistic artwork by the author.
And, it was all fun and games until somebody drew a dinosaur.
This is a great adventure featuring stunning photo-realistic artwork by the author.
March 20, 2020
Three children find themselves on the playground one rainy afternoon, and discovering a bag of chalk hanging from one of the rides - the dinosaur ride! - they begin to draw. To their surprise and delight, whatever they draw is magically made real: a sunny day, a kaleidoscope of butterflies, a Tyrannosaurus Rex! Now, on the run from their creation (well, the boy's creation, in any event), they must find a way to undo what they have done...
Chosen as one of our January selections for the Picture-Book Club to which I belong, where our theme is "wordless picture-books," Chalk is an engaging tale of adventure, ably carried along by Bill Thomson's acrylic and colored-pencil illustrations. I appreciated many of the details of these paintings: the young African-American girl's hands, when she picks up the chalk, the young boy's backward glance, as the friends leave the park. I wasn't disturbed, as some reviewers seem to have been, that it is the boy's actions which both precipitate and resolve the crisis. All in all, this is one I recommend to any young reader who enjoys wordless picture-books!
Chosen as one of our January selections for the Picture-Book Club to which I belong, where our theme is "wordless picture-books," Chalk is an engaging tale of adventure, ably carried along by Bill Thomson's acrylic and colored-pencil illustrations. I appreciated many of the details of these paintings: the young African-American girl's hands, when she picks up the chalk, the young boy's backward glance, as the friends leave the park. I wasn't disturbed, as some reviewers seem to have been, that it is the boy's actions which both precipitate and resolve the crisis. All in all, this is one I recommend to any young reader who enjoys wordless picture-books!
April 6, 2012
UPDATE: My son is constantly checking this out from the library, he loves it! We like to make up our own stories about other magical chalk drawings. Such a great book!
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BRILLIANT! Three kids venture to the park on a rainy day. They find a bag of chalk and unbelievable things begin to happen.
I absolutely love this book because it makes something as ordinary as chalk and transforms it into something incredible. Children have the power to do this with their imagination, books like this will surely inspire young readers to think incredible thoughts.
It kinda-sorta reminded me of Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji.
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BRILLIANT! Three kids venture to the park on a rainy day. They find a bag of chalk and unbelievable things begin to happen.
I absolutely love this book because it makes something as ordinary as chalk and transforms it into something incredible. Children have the power to do this with their imagination, books like this will surely inspire young readers to think incredible thoughts.
It kinda-sorta reminded me of Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji.
December 16, 2010
A young girl asked me the other day, "But is it real?" Young kids are working hard to figure out what belongs to the world of just pretend and what belongs to the "real world". We want to help them make those distinctions, and yet ... and yet... Don't we also want to help them see the magic of our imaginations, the magic in our own real worlds? Chalk, by Bill Thomson, is an amazing wordless book that embraces and celebrates kids' imaginations in a very real way. It's one of my standout books of the year.
Thomson creates an exciting, magical story completely through his paintings. At first I was convinced these were computer generated, until I read Thomson's note at the end. All of the artwork was created through acrylic paintings and colored pencil sketches. His precision, perspective and details are truly extraordinary. Young kids will simply be amazed at this story. I'd even read it to 4th and 5th graders, talking about what inferences they make to understand what's happening.
Thomson creates an exciting, magical story completely through his paintings. At first I was convinced these were computer generated, until I read Thomson's note at the end. All of the artwork was created through acrylic paintings and colored pencil sketches. His precision, perspective and details are truly extraordinary. Young kids will simply be amazed at this story. I'd even read it to 4th and 5th graders, talking about what inferences they make to understand what's happening.
March 18, 2010
WOW. A masterpiece of photorealistic art, and a clever wordless story to boot. On a rainy day, three friends find a bag of sidewalk chalk. One girl draws a sun, and the sun comes out, leading them to realize that the things they draw come to life. The boy draws a dinosaur - as boys do - and the kids run screaming into a hiding place, where the boy, in a brainstorm, draws a raincloud, which dissolves the dino, and the drawings, and the kids put their raincoats on and walk home.
As storytelling goes, that is one terrific little capsule story. Wonderful as a discussion opener about wishes and intention, too.
As storytelling goes, that is one terrific little capsule story. Wonderful as a discussion opener about wishes and intention, too.
October 16, 2010
This incredibly-illustrated wordless picture book is sure to delight! Most of the time I was reading it, my mouth was gaping open. On a rainy day, three children begin to draw with some sidewalk chalk. As they draw, their images come to life: a sun, butterflies, and a dinosaur (scary!), who eventually washes away when the clever little boy draws a rain cloud inside the playground. The children leave behind their bag of chalk, sure to be found and imagined with by another group of kids. Just an amazing book with oil paint and colored pencil images that look like photographs! I can imagine this one being well-utilized for the whole book approach to storytime.
January 11, 2011
I think this was fun how the chalk art came to life in this world. That said, I'm not sure I was a big fan of the illustrations. I think they were well done but I just am not a big fan of the style (I realized that I recently read another book illustrated by Thompson, Building With Dad, and wasn't wild about the illustrations there, either) and I thought the part with the dinosaur being dissolved in the rain was a bit creepy. But, I thought it was very fun and mysterious/magical how the toy/statue dinosaur was holding the chalk bag, inviting new children into the magic... I liked that ending ;-)
June 15, 2010
One of the biggest challenges for a picture book author/illustrator is to come up with a compelling story that can deeply involve the reader without using words. Think of David Wiesner's Tuesday and Flotsam -- two great stories with pictures so rich and detailed that words are truly unnecessary.
Bill Thompson brings the same level of artistic skill to Chalk. After reading it, I wanted to re-read it to get a better idea of exactly how Thompson carried off such a rich story in so few pages and with only his images.
Bill Thompson brings the same level of artistic skill to Chalk. After reading it, I wanted to re-read it to get a better idea of exactly how Thompson carried off such a rich story in so few pages and with only his images.
October 6, 2010
Chalk by Bill Thomson (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author)
Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day. (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Summary)
This clever, magical wordless book is wonderful! It illustrates the old saying: Be careful what you wish for. Danger is averted by a fast thinking child. As in Jumanji, one hopes the next children to try the chalk are as quick thinking as these. A contender for the Caldecott and For ages 4 - 6, and all who love great illustration and excellent wordless picturebooks.
Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day. (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Summary)
This clever, magical wordless book is wonderful! It illustrates the old saying: Be careful what you wish for. Danger is averted by a fast thinking child. As in Jumanji, one hopes the next children to try the chalk are as quick thinking as these. A contender for the Caldecott and For ages 4 - 6, and all who love great illustration and excellent wordless picturebooks.
March 20, 2010
Wow, look for this to be among the Caldecott buzz next Jan. What an amazingly illustrated book!!! The pictures are so life-like and almost startling. The butterfly page was a hit in our house! The concept is similar to Floatsom and other related wordless picture books even so I still enjoy the simplistic beauty of this book. The ending reminds me of Jumanji (Sp?) "who will pick up the story next?"
December 15, 2010
This is a picture book with no words telling the story of three children who find some chalk in a bag at a playground. The drawings they make with the chalk come to life (a sun, butterflies, a dinosaur). They then have to deal with the results of the drawings. The illustrations in this book are wonderful. There was absolutely no question in my mind the story the artist is trying to tell with the illustrations.
December 23, 2010
How could I not give anything less than 5 stars?! An amazing wordless picture book that depicted a wonderful story on a rainy day at a playground. How many of us wish that something like chalk could bring our pictures to life (other than in Mary Poppins). I had a good laugh when it was the boy who chose to draw a dangerous creature. :) Loved, loved, loved this book and it will be an incredible addition to my library of read-alouds.
August 4, 2011
Wow! I heard about this book at Peggy Sharp's workshop and had to see the whole story for myself. The detail in the illustrations is amazing! Especially the sideways look the boys has before he draws with the chalk. Three children are walking on a rainy day to the park and find a bag hanging on a dinosaur statue. They use the chalk and realize it is magic chalk. I love the ending, especially, again, the glance of the boy, this time a backwards glance!
February 16, 2012
The illustrations in this book are incredible and tell the story without words. Bill Thomson has drawn very detailed images, without using photographs or digital trickery. This book would make a great children's gift accompanied by a set of sidewalk chalk!
May 3, 2023
This delightful, magical story tells, without words, about a group of racially diverse children, about 10 years of age, who find a magical piece of chalk. Whimsical, humorous, and magical, this wordless story was engaging and delightful. The artwork told the story beautifully.
October 31, 2010
If I were selecting the 2011 Caldecott book this would be my top selection. It is amazing. Can't wait to use it with students.
October 31, 2010
I've never read a wordless book before! The ideas for use in the classroom are just rolling! This book is stunning!
December 17, 2018
Love me a good wordless picture book!
October 1, 2023
Beautiful artwork!
October 13, 2020
really short, otherwise great wordless picture book
April 9, 2017
Summary: In a raining day, 3 kids find a bag in a park, and many magic chalks are in this bag. A girl use a magic chalk to draw a sun, then this sun go up to sky, and rain is stopped. The other girl draw many butterflies, and butterflies became truly to fly in the sky. Oh, no! The boy uses magic chalk to draw a dinosaur.
Opinion: I like this story because the story is about magic. The kids can use magic chalk to draw everything, the these everything will become happening. Ex: in 5th opening a girl draw a sun, then sun go up to sky to change the day to be sunshine. I believe students can have many different fantasy for this magic chalk, and they may make their own story after I read this story. They may have a discussion that about the happening with their friends because no any worlds to explain this whole story, so the kids need to find the details to understand it. Also, this story is about racial equality because these 3 main characters have different racial characteristic.
Character: This story has 3 characters, and they all are main characters because all story is happed on them. The two girls and nice and sunny because they draw sun and butterfly. Sun stop the rain, butterflies are beauty. The boy is reckless because he draws a dinosaur, and this dinosaur is trying to kill them, but he is smart because he stopped this crisis.
Setting: In a raining day, 3 young kids come to a park. They are different races, but they are friends because they have different racial characteristic, and they walk and play together. The 3 kids have different skin and hair color and face. They are in a park because I can see the children’s slide; this is a raining day because I can see the water in the ground and raindrop come down.
Color: The color show these 3 main characters have different racial characteristic. The girl who wear blue raincoat is an Asian because she has yellow skin and black hair and eyes. The girl who wear pink raincoat is an Africa because she has brown skin and black hair and eyes. The boy is white people because he has white skin and golden hair.
Line: in 6th opening, a girl draw a sun on the floor. A circle mean sun, and 10 short line segments centre on the circle, and the mean is sun light. Everyone think sun is a ball, so circle means sun, and people always use short line segments to show the light.
Format: This is wordless picture book because it does not have any text, so readers only can find the detail to help them understand the whole story. In 7th opening, I see a girl’s tooth, and her mouth is up, so I can know she is smile.
Opinion: I like this story because the story is about magic. The kids can use magic chalk to draw everything, the these everything will become happening. Ex: in 5th opening a girl draw a sun, then sun go up to sky to change the day to be sunshine. I believe students can have many different fantasy for this magic chalk, and they may make their own story after I read this story. They may have a discussion that about the happening with their friends because no any worlds to explain this whole story, so the kids need to find the details to understand it. Also, this story is about racial equality because these 3 main characters have different racial characteristic.
Character: This story has 3 characters, and they all are main characters because all story is happed on them. The two girls and nice and sunny because they draw sun and butterfly. Sun stop the rain, butterflies are beauty. The boy is reckless because he draws a dinosaur, and this dinosaur is trying to kill them, but he is smart because he stopped this crisis.
Setting: In a raining day, 3 young kids come to a park. They are different races, but they are friends because they have different racial characteristic, and they walk and play together. The 3 kids have different skin and hair color and face. They are in a park because I can see the children’s slide; this is a raining day because I can see the water in the ground and raindrop come down.
Color: The color show these 3 main characters have different racial characteristic. The girl who wear blue raincoat is an Asian because she has yellow skin and black hair and eyes. The girl who wear pink raincoat is an Africa because she has brown skin and black hair and eyes. The boy is white people because he has white skin and golden hair.
Line: in 6th opening, a girl draw a sun on the floor. A circle mean sun, and 10 short line segments centre on the circle, and the mean is sun light. Everyone think sun is a ball, so circle means sun, and people always use short line segments to show the light.
Format: This is wordless picture book because it does not have any text, so readers only can find the detail to help them understand the whole story. In 7th opening, I see a girl’s tooth, and her mouth is up, so I can know she is smile.
March 26, 2015
The story begins with these kids who find a piece of chalk outside and this chalk is one of a kind. It has a magic touch that brings everything to life.The simple doodles and sketches that the kids draw with the sidewalk chalk becomes these vivid 3D images. My favorite page from this book was when the little girl draws some sketches of butterflies and the butterflies somewhat started to appear. On the next page, magnificent gigantic monarch butterflies began to take over the page. The image takes up two pages of a few children looking like they are playing on the blacktop with butterflies all over with many different perspectives. Some of the butterflies look up close and are still growing out of the ground while others are floating and flying free in the air. I felt the happiness because of the expressions all of the children's faces were giving off.
It is amazing that even though there are no words in the book the reader still has a great understanding of what is going on. The illustrations use realism to make the images so lifelike. The images in the story go from simple chalk drawings by children and turn into these extremely detailed expressive pictures. Each page has a new drawing that grows into a realistic interactive concept. The twist at the end is also very creative and can teach kids how to be quick on their feet or show them the important of decision making skills when something goes wrong.
Although I have heard of many movies, shows, or other sources of entertainment to revolve around this concept, this is one of a kind. The fact that this book does not have a single word in in and yet such a detailed story is being told says something about the excellence of the illustrations. It is always important to remember that even when things may seem like life is magic and wonderful something can go wrong. This story touches upon the idea that sometimes power can be dangerous. The fact that these children have the power to draw anything they want to come alive is a little frightening and the children in the story learn that first hand. Great story and great detail.
It is amazing that even though there are no words in the book the reader still has a great understanding of what is going on. The illustrations use realism to make the images so lifelike. The images in the story go from simple chalk drawings by children and turn into these extremely detailed expressive pictures. Each page has a new drawing that grows into a realistic interactive concept. The twist at the end is also very creative and can teach kids how to be quick on their feet or show them the important of decision making skills when something goes wrong.
Although I have heard of many movies, shows, or other sources of entertainment to revolve around this concept, this is one of a kind. The fact that this book does not have a single word in in and yet such a detailed story is being told says something about the excellence of the illustrations. It is always important to remember that even when things may seem like life is magic and wonderful something can go wrong. This story touches upon the idea that sometimes power can be dangerous. The fact that these children have the power to draw anything they want to come alive is a little frightening and the children in the story learn that first hand. Great story and great detail.
February 12, 2015
A visit to the neighborhood playground on this rainy afternoon does not deter three friends from having a good time and using their imagination with a bag of crayons they find on the Tyrannosaurus rex. With a bag of chalk in hand each child takes turns drawing on the blacktop as the bright sun and beautiful butterflies they imagine are no longer just a drawing beneath them but actual real-life images. Each picture is wonderfully crafted from various points of view and immerses the reader with the feeling as if they are standing just behind or below the children. Bill Thomson’s careful choice of color, light, and shade are beyond pictures, images come across as bright and stunning as a high definition picture. The use of the author’s technique in using a double-page spread also gives readers the wide perspective angle throughout this amazing wordless picture book while also capturing each child’s disposition in a separate box. Again, a butterfly or sun and whatever the children imagine are brought to life and each drawing seems to magically have a metamorphic power on the playground. The last image of the boy’s dinosaur is not what they expect and soon a problem is discovered after they see what transforms on the playground. What happens next is stunning and with a little bit of creativity the problem the children face is quickly dissipated.
Bill Thomson's images in this book are simply brilliant and amazing in how he renders the perspective of each child along with a masterful use of color not seen in many wordless picture books. The story flow is quick and exciting with the action of the children taken place throughout the playground as each takes a turn drawing something. Their reactions are priceless and each surprise tops the last one. The drawings make the reader interpret the story in their own mind as to what could happen and without texts in this book it can reach a wider audience of young children still learning to read. The idea and concept are original and sure hope Bill Thomson will create another one of these exciting picture books in the future.
Bill Thomson's images in this book are simply brilliant and amazing in how he renders the perspective of each child along with a masterful use of color not seen in many wordless picture books. The story flow is quick and exciting with the action of the children taken place throughout the playground as each takes a turn drawing something. Their reactions are priceless and each surprise tops the last one. The drawings make the reader interpret the story in their own mind as to what could happen and without texts in this book it can reach a wider audience of young children still learning to read. The idea and concept are original and sure hope Bill Thomson will create another one of these exciting picture books in the future.
October 6, 2011
Chalk, a wordless picture book, by Bill Thomson is a creative and colorful selection. Thomson’s illustrations are bright and detailed images. Each page is drawn by hand using paint and colored pencils. Each detail is pronounced and the images look like photographs. The characters have realistic facial expressions that enhance the story. In the story, each drawing comes to life becoming part of an easily understood story line without the use of words.
Readers can clearly see what the characters do as the plot unfolds page by page. Thomson presents three children. A boy and two girls walking in a playground during a rainy day; they stop by a dinosaur spring rider because a bag filled with thick chalk awaits there. While it still rains a girl begins drawing a picture of the sun on the sidewalk. As she draws it, the rain stops and the sun spring out of the sidewalk. The children discover that this magical chalk brings drawings to life. The boy draws something that isn’t so wonderful: A huge dinosaur that chases them around the playground and frightens them. He has to come up with the solution to save the day, which he does. The book has three central children. It takes place in a short time sequence with a specific problem and solution, qualities of the ideal children’s book. The characters, style, theme, and illustrations come together to make a satisfying story.
I enjoyed this story immensely. I used this book previously for a writing lesson and I know students will be able to enjoy talking about what is happening in the pictures. They will be able to develop a written story line, while identifying the events occurring in the story, the setting, main character(s), conflict, and resolution. The best part of the book are the meticulous illustrations that Thomson drew by hand, showing us shadows, facial expressions, light, vivid color, and texture.
Readers can clearly see what the characters do as the plot unfolds page by page. Thomson presents three children. A boy and two girls walking in a playground during a rainy day; they stop by a dinosaur spring rider because a bag filled with thick chalk awaits there. While it still rains a girl begins drawing a picture of the sun on the sidewalk. As she draws it, the rain stops and the sun spring out of the sidewalk. The children discover that this magical chalk brings drawings to life. The boy draws something that isn’t so wonderful: A huge dinosaur that chases them around the playground and frightens them. He has to come up with the solution to save the day, which he does. The book has three central children. It takes place in a short time sequence with a specific problem and solution, qualities of the ideal children’s book. The characters, style, theme, and illustrations come together to make a satisfying story.
I enjoyed this story immensely. I used this book previously for a writing lesson and I know students will be able to enjoy talking about what is happening in the pictures. They will be able to develop a written story line, while identifying the events occurring in the story, the setting, main character(s), conflict, and resolution. The best part of the book are the meticulous illustrations that Thomson drew by hand, showing us shadows, facial expressions, light, vivid color, and texture.
October 26, 2011
Thomson, Bill Chalk 40 pages, Marshall Cavendish Children's Books; Language~G, Sexual Content~G; Violence~G
On a rainy day a group of children come across a bag of chalk. One child decides to use it and draws a sun. Magically, the sun immediately appears. The children then realize that this is magic chalk. Each child takes a turn and their drawings come to life as well! This is fantastic until one child decides to draw a dinosaur with sharp teeth. All of a sudden the children are running for their lives across the playground. They duck into a cement tunnel to hide. How are they going to escape? One child takes the chalk and draws a rain cloud with raindrops. The rainstorm returns and washes away the scary dinosaur and all is well. This is a beautifully drawn wordless picture book. The cover is especially appealing. As an adult I found a few flaws in the logistics of the fantasy (oxymoron?,) but as a whole children will find it very appealing.
ELM ADVISABLE Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librarian
On a rainy day a group of children come across a bag of chalk. One child decides to use it and draws a sun. Magically, the sun immediately appears. The children then realize that this is magic chalk. Each child takes a turn and their drawings come to life as well! This is fantastic until one child decides to draw a dinosaur with sharp teeth. All of a sudden the children are running for their lives across the playground. They duck into a cement tunnel to hide. How are they going to escape? One child takes the chalk and draws a rain cloud with raindrops. The rainstorm returns and washes away the scary dinosaur and all is well. This is a beautifully drawn wordless picture book. The cover is especially appealing. As an adult I found a few flaws in the logistics of the fantasy (oxymoron?,) but as a whole children will find it very appealing.
ELM ADVISABLE Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librarian
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