Draw! (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442494923)

"A wordless picture book celebrates the power of art and imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Young artists will love this book, as will all children who know the joy of exploring their own imaginations." --School Library Journal (starred review)

"A strongly developed and executed account of a childhood fantasy, urging all young artists to dream and to draw." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A true celebration of where our imaginations can take us." --Booklist (starred review)

"A marvelous wordless adventure in which a bedbound artist takes readers on safari via his imagination." --Shelf Awareness (starred review)

Based on his own childhood, beloved and award-winning artist Ra l Col n's wordless book is about the limitless nature of creativity and imagination.

A boy alone in his room.
Pencils.
Sketchbook in hand.
What would it be like to go on safari?
Imagine.
Draw...

A boy named Leonardo begins to imagine and then to draw a world afar--first a rhinoceros, and then he meets some monkeys, and he always has a friendly elephant at his side. Soon he finds himself in the jungle and carried away by the sheer power of his imagination, seeing the world through his own eyes and making friends along the way.

Author: Raúl Colón
ISBN-10: 1442494921
ISBN-13: 9781442494923
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Language: English
Published: 09/16/2014
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.50h x 9.20w x 0.60d
Award: Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children - Recommended
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Finalist
Award: Star of the North Picture Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 06/23/2014
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014
Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 78
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 81
Shelf Awareness 09/23/2014
New York Times Book Review 10/19/2014 pg. 16
PW Best Children's Books 11/03/2014 pg. 40
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2014 pg. 31
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 15
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2014 pg. 21
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
BookPage 10/01/2014
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 49