ANew York Times
Best Illustrated Book of the Year
The classicRound Triptakes young readers onan imaginative, inventive
journey, from the country to the city and back again.It’s not just the story
of a round trip—itisa round trip!
Read the story forward, then flip the book over to see something different on
the way back.
Kirkuscalled the
black-and-white art, by best-selling picture-book creator Ann Jonas,
“Show-stopping sleight of pen.” In a starred review,BooklistpraisedRound Trip
as “An inventive book for young readers that will delight anyone whose
imagination is intact.”
Publishers Weekly
said, “A visual stunner . . . sure to delight and fascinate.” Parents who loved
this book as children will want to share it with their own little ones today.
US A visual stunner....The format is wonderfully inventive--once the traveler arrives in the city, the book is flipped over and read back to the beginning, with the black-and-white pictures taking on new meanings....Sure to delight and fascinate. --Publishers Weekly.
An inventive book for young readers that will delight anyone whose imagination is intact. -Booklist (starred review)
Show-stopping sleight of pen. -Kirkus Reviews