Free fall

Wiesner's Free Fall depicts the story--there's no "telling," per se, since the book uses wordless pictures--of a boy who falls asleep while reading a book of maps. His dreams that night are especially vivid--he experiences some larger-than-life objects. When you reach the end of the story, you see

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where all these objects have come from. The watercolors were beautiful, and the story really pulls together at the end when you find out where the objects have come from--without that final illustration spread, the story would feel extremely disjointed. But Wiesner pulls it off well. Recommended for purchase for all public and school library collections. The illustrations for the breakfast scene are especially great. This was Wiesner's first book that he both wrote and illustrated. It's interesting to read this book, and then read his later works to see how his style has evolved over the years.

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This is a fictional wordless picture book. The art is colored drawings. The book is about a young boy who falls asleep and dreams about different adventures of him conquering dragons, exloring lands, floating in water, and flying through the air. The reading level is anywhere from first to fifth

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grade. The curricular connection is that it is a fun book to look at.

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A young boy dreams of daring adventures in the company of imaginary creatures inspired by the things surrounding his bed. Great for grades k-2. Illustrations drawn with pastals. We could use this book to teach a fantasy lesson.

A beautiful pictures only book, taking the "reader" along for a ride with a sleeping city boy. We follow him into the contents of his bedroom; his quilt becomes a series of farmed fields then a chessboard where we meet the kings and queens of the game. When he shakes hands with a knight, the knight

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flies apart into several doves. The castle becomes a docile dragon and then a forest. We end up riding a goose and back to the quilted bed of our main character.
A lovely dreamworld to show a young reader (or an older one) that ones imagination can take them anywhere.

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This is another word less book by Wiesner. Unlike Tueday, this book will be a little harder to follow. It does not really go in any order or follow any reason. It depicts a young boy who is looking at an atlas and then falls alseep. While he is asleep, he becomes part of a human chess game. Throuhg

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out the book, many ordinarny objects continue to change into amazing things.

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A story of a boy who falls asleep and has a very big dream that takes him all over the world. Good to talk about places that students have been or want to go.

A young boy falls asleep with a book filled with treasure in his hands. As he sleeps, he dreams. He dreams of kings, queens, knights, castles, dragons, and magical people and places. The scenes are surrealistic, and spark the imagination. Cornflakes turn into fish and leaves turn into swans. When

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he awakens in the morning you see many things sitting beside and around his bed that were a part of his fantastic dream. It would be fun to have students write words to go with this book. I bet you would get a lot of different kinds of stories.

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Personal Response:
Like a dream influenced by different things in our lives, the plot shifts constantly, creating new and amazing images to spark the imagination. It's fun to follow this boy through his dreamland and guess what influences helped shaped the images he finds in his dreams.

Curricular

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Connections:
The images from this story are so varied and open to interpretation that I think it would be interesting to have children write stories for the characters and places depicted in the images. Children can also discuss places or stories that the images remind them of.

Illustrations:
The illustrations are all double-page images meant to depict the dream, more than carry a plot forward. Like dreams that everyone experiences, sometimes there isn't a clear-cut progression of the story and the illustrations reflect the melting of one dream into another. I really like the images of the books between the trees in the forest.

Themes:
Everyday items can unlock a world of wonder.

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Free Fall is about a boy who goes to sleep and has a very vivid imagination. When he makes up in the morning he sees some of the things he dreamed about in his dream next to his bed. I feel that this is a book for all kids to look through. It shows how imagination can lead you anywhere.

Readers are allowed into a young boy's dream. They follow him from on wistful adventures that flow and change from page to page.
Wiesner is one of my favorite illustrators and has an uncanny knack for imaginative and visual storytelling.

The cover of the book in itself leaves you wondering what the pages inside have to offer. This picture book has no words and it allows you to make up your own story of what's going on in the pages that it offers. I recommed this book for young children and for children who are willing to use their

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imagination.

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Anything can happen in the land of our dreams! Come along on a quest and spark imaginations with this narrative series of images intended to allow the reader to tell a different story with every visit.

This is a very unique story, told without words, the pictures trace a young boys dreams. Common house hold things show up in the dream, such as chess pieces, books, dishes and silverware, food etc., and all these things transform into imaginary things in the boys dream. The pictures in the book are

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continuous; the edge of one picture shows up in the next page, and aspects of each image are transformed into something new. In the end you realize that all the objects that show up in the dream are scattered throughout the boys bedroom. It is a really neat book showing the influence of our dreams by what we are surrounded by.

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A picture book that take a sleeping boy on a dream full of adventures. When the wakens on the last page, there are clues to why he dreamed what he did.

I enjoyed how the illustrations flowed throughout the book. Charming!

This book follows ably though his create and colorful dreams before dropping him back off at home. I enjoyed this book because of the craziness of it all and how it just let the imagination run free. I would defiantly teach this book in my classroom, and I feel that is is a book appropriate for

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2nd-5th grades

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A boy falls asleep reading what looks to be an atlas. When a map is torn out of the book he is transported to an imaginary world, or more than one, as he never seems to stay very long before another page floats by and he is off to another world, gathering a cast of imaginary creatures along with

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him. He wakes to see all is normal, but is it?
Wiesner's illustrations are mesmerizing, each page flowing fluidly into the next and the boy seamlessly changing scenery with a mild curiosity and visible happiness. A great use of perspective, shading and shadow, you know the boy's world is a dream but you wish it weren't.
This could inspire many conversations about where the boy is going, I think it would be enjoyable for any age, including teens.

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This is one of my least favorite Wiesner books. A little boy falls asleep and his imagination takes him on a fanciful journey.

Okay I admit the title of this book said “Read Me” when I looked at it. I don’t know why but it just kept nagging me. I was a little slow in starting this book. After I read the first chapter I wonder what took me so long to start.

Kate is a very likeable character. She is super with

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computers and has her own consulting business. She is divorced from an officer of the law and just trying to live her life.

Everett comes off as a tough guy, someone that might give you the impression that his actually job might not be legal.

There is no much I did not like about this book. The only problem I had was my working 14 hour shifts and not able to read it fast enough. I love how the author put a phobia in for Kate. It made her character seem more real. I also liked how the author had a military career in Everett’s past.

If you are looking for a read with some romance, crime and a mystery to solve, then check out this new book from Susan Rae, She has wrapped everything up in a great read.

Thanks for the wonderful read Susan.

The Bunnies and I give this book 4 carrots.

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This wordless story follows a young boy through an intense fantasy dream land. Wiesner's illustrations are intricate and imaginative. There is MUCH to look at one every page. This is one of those books were you may notice more and more little details when you revisit it. I would highly recommend

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sharing this book to discuss illustrations.

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In my opinion, this was a good book. The plot of the story was very engaging, and suspenseful. During each twist of the plot readers are taken on a new journey with the main character. The plot is very enchanting and quite exciting. Because the reader never knows what is going to happen next that

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is what adds suspense to the story. For example, during one section of the story the main character is enlarged, and later in the story he is falling from the sky and riding on a leaf. These are just two examples of plot twists that occur in the story. Having these kinds of events create a suspenseful story through. They also help the story to be engaging and exciting. The reader is always left wondering what will occur next. Another thing I liked about the story was that the illustrations were appropriate for the story. Because there was no written text the story was told through the illustrations. But without written text the readers are able to be more imaginative. The plot itself was built around fantasy, and without the words the story was able to inspire readers and discover the plot more independently. This book is good for giving struggling readers confidence about books. Readers are not pressured with reading written text, but instead can interpret meaning through the illustrations. Another reason I like this story was because of how creative it is. The story is very interesting and readers can form great discussions from the story. Some readers will interpret the illustrations differently and this can create good discussion between readers. The illustrations are also very detailed. Because the book is without words this allows the reader to have opportunity to spend time investigating each page and finding all of the little details. The last reason I like the story is because it can be used to model for young readers how to make inferences from pictures. The illustrations in the story can show children how to use evidence from pictures to make predictions about what is happening and what will happen next. I think the big idea of the story is that your imagination can take you on an amazing journey.

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In this wordless modern fantasy, a boy falls asleep and falls from one dreamscape to another in flowing pictures. He visits kings and queens, fights dragons, wanders through the woods, hops in and out of books, journey's with an Arabian caravan, wanders among giant pastries, and flies through the

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air until he wakes up.

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Free Fall by David Wiesner is a great Fantasy for a few reasons. First, the plot of the story is one that everyone can relate to. The story is centered around a child who falls asleep and dreams about amazing things like traveling back in time to a castle. The main character is shown flying over

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scenic landscapes in his blanket and even meeting the king of a castle. Everyone can relate to having dreams which is why I believe this book will reach young readers and make a solid connection. Furthermore, the illustrations are vivid and dreamlike which add to the idea of the setting being within a child's dream. Free Fall is a great modern fantasy that everyone can relate to, especially young emergent readers.

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I'm sorry; I just don't get this. Some of the pictures are interesting to me, but otherwise I can't form a reaction - so I'm leaving the stars blank so as not to weight the average star rating.