By Trolley Past Thimbledon Bridge
Ashley Bryan author Marvin Bileck illustrator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Royal Swan Enterprises, Incorporated
Published:1st May '15
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Winner of:
2015 Parents' Choice Award, Picture Book
This picture book takes children of all ages on a trolley-ride dream adventure
Featuring the extraordinary illustrations of Caldecott Honoree, Marvin Bileck, this book is a dream caught on paper with the sense of magic and wonder and unfettered imagination of a child. As sleep starts the journey into the blue, marvelous threads unravel dreamy images out of the blue revealing animals, far-off places, a circus, games, toys, wind, rain, a touch of this and a touch of that, words and wordplay. A poem accompanies the whimsical illustrations, perfectly capturing the sense of awe and excitement of childhood. With the eyes of a child, or simply the heart of a child, this book invites you into a dream world, an allegory, a journey.
"This is the work of two masters, who will take children on an exciting passage through time and illusion with their careful blending of words and pictures." -- Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Coretta Scott King Award winning author and illustrator
"What a joy to read and reread! Truly a treasure! Bileck and Bryan will bewitch generations of readers." -- Leslie Tryon, author and illustrator
"This trolley ride took me back to my own childhood, complete with the sound memory of the clank of change in the fare box. Now, the special stop I'd like to make is when the trolley passes Timbuctu." -- Henrietta Mays Smith, professor emerita, University of South Florida, Virginia Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
"With echoes of Lear and Stevenson, this journey into the land of dreams pairs a detailed Old World setting with a pulsing four-beat rhythm to pull readers into its magical realm ... Masterful wordplay, alliteration, imagery, and rhyme contribute to this 29-stanza poem, printed in its entirety at the opening and then woven throughout the densely populated pages in a hand-printed text ... Bileck and Bryan capture the stuff of dreams in this mesmerizing and multifaceted pageant." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Lines of prose are scattered among the illustrations, which will dazzle the eyes and stimulate the imagination. By Trolley Past Thimbledon Bridge has literally been decades in the making, but this beautiful picture book has been completely worth the wait." -- Holly Scudero, sanfranciscobookreview.com
- Commended for Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) (Picture Book) 2015
ISBN: 9780979300042
Dimensions: 247mm x 304mm x 12mm
Weight: 539g
32 pages