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K-3
After three kids stumble upon a typewriter, they discover that the act of typing a word ("Beach," "Ball," etc.) summons the object into outsize existence. After they pick the wrong word ("Crab"), one kid has a brainstorm that saves them all. This wordless story, featuring strikingly photorealistic acrylic-paint and colored-pencil illustrations, plays like a one-minute thrill ride.
32 pp.
| Amazon
| November, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1477847008$17.99
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K-3
While walking on the beach, a boy discovers a fossil that releases some prehistoric magic that puts his dog in danger. The gripping wordless story that follows is told through Thomson's hand-crafted photorealistic illustrations, which the publisher emphasizes "are not photographs or computer generated images." The smooth images are too painterly to be mistaken for photos, but it's remarkable that they are without technological enhancement.