Free Fall by David Wiesner
A Great Surprise And A Beautiful Book
When he falls asleep with a book in his arms, a young boy dreams an
amazing dream-about dragons, about castles, and about an unchartered,
faraway land. And you can come along.
Personal Review: Free Fall by David Wiesner
I found this book in a pretty unexpected way. At work, I as putting together
a team of people to take on a new problem. None of the members knew
each other well and they all knew me even less.
I had read once about an ice breaker activity where each person is given a
page of a picture book that they can't show to anyone. The objective is for
each participant to talk one-on-one about the page they have, figure out
what the pictures are supposed to convey and what order they go in.
That started me searching the world of wordless picture books. Once I
found this book, I knew I had something great.

It doesn't feel like a standard children's story. As others have described,
the book begins with a boy falling asleep reading an atlas. As you drift
across the pages, you fall into the boy's dreamscape transitioning from one
adventurous world after another. As you explore each page, you lose
yourself in the gorgeous scenery and are captured by the detail the
illustrator poured into in this boy's dream.
Adults will love it. My boy, age 7, enjoyed it. This was definitely different
from anything else we've read together. We talked about everything that
we saw and what was happening.
This was a very different experience from the straight-forward bedtime
story. He read it a few times by himself and it was great that he was able to
read something with so much wonderful detail. If you find yourself reciting
your bedtime stories to your kids while your mind drifts off to making your
grocery list this is a great change.
I've since picked up "Sector 7" and "Tuesday" which are also beautifully
illustrated but "Freefall" can't be beat for capturing your imagination and
taking you on a wonderful ride.
By the way, the ice breaker worked out pretty well too. What a nice way to
turn adults back into kids again for a few hours.
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