She totally fell for the book, all on her own, and was enthralled with the simplicity and excitement of it. they had plenty of sweet moments with a simple brush of the knuckles that had me giggling so bad lol. I am a very poor float fisherman but am very very fond of it, and watching that float intently whilst thinking of nothing else is time well spent for me.

This sweet summer romance, complete with a swoon-worthy boy next door, is begging to be thrown into your beach bag. The colors are muddy and muted with very little definition aside from the edges of the shapes and a small portion of a photo on the newspaper showing a sailboat. Waverly’s Aunt Rachel, an artist, is super fun and is really just trying vaguely to figure out how to be a guardian. DM: I think a good thing about a wordless picture book is how it engages pre-readers and allows them to make discoveries on their own. While almost every individual part of the book was great, the way that it all fit together felt a little confusing sometimes.I first read this when it was still being written on Wattpad (around 2013-2014 I believe) and I really loved it! Emerson has a RISK (Reoccurring Incidents of the Strange Kind) factor that causes him to float, uncontrollably.

Float, with all of it's nostalgic summer camp fun, would be a perfect antidote to a dreary winter day.Question: What motivated you to create a wordless picture book as opposed to a traditional text + illustration book? So of course the little boy goes on the hunt for his beloved boat-and when the rain lets up, he finds himself on a new adventure altogether.