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Grand Isle
In this wordless story, an ordinary day at the beach transforms into an unforgettable adventure.
When two sisters wander the shore on their family beach outing in search of seashells, smooth pebbles, and other sandy treasures, they discover a gigantic seed pod large enough to hold them afloat. Unable to resist, they climb aboard, and before they know it are swept across the ocean to a mysterious island populated by marvelous vegetation and outsized insects. As they explore, their vessel is carried back out to sea, and they are stranded on the grand isle. Curiosity has led them far from home and only an act of daring and resourcefulness will bring them back.
When two sisters wander the shore on their family beach outing in search of seashells, smooth pebbles, and other sandy treasures, they discover a gigantic seed pod large enough to hold them afloat. Unable to resist, they climb aboard, and before they know it are swept across the ocean to a mysterious island populated by marvelous vegetation and outsized insects. As they explore, their vessel is carried back out to sea, and they are stranded on the grand isle. Curiosity has led them far from home and only an act of daring and resourcefulness will bring them back.
40 pages, Hardcover
Published September 7, 2021
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June 8, 2021Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
August 15, 2021
Lovely and strange wordless picture book.
September 29, 2021
My three year old was distressed to learn there were no words to read in this, but quickly became engrossed in the story which is bright, engaging and imaginative!
October 16, 2021
An imaginative wordless picture book.
January 4, 2022
If "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" had a baby with "Little Shop of Horrors", it would be this book. And honestly? Me and Rick Moranis approve.
November 4, 2021
Grand Isle is a wordless children’s picture book about two sisters spending the day at the beach with their parents. The girls spend some time building a sand castle before deciding to further explore the beach, where they find a gigantic seed pod that they use as a boat to sail away. The boat carries them to a fantastical island overflowing with gigantic vegetation and populated by enormous insects and animals.
While on the grand isle, the girls see huge butterflies and caterpillars, enormous Venus flytraps that could probably eat them, and plants growing fruits that resemble heads as well as very tall waving grass that look like hands. The grand isle is an amazing place but intimidating, so to get back to the beach, the innovative girls make a boat out of an egg shell to sail home.
Grand Isle was an exciting read. I like how the pace slowly picks up from the typical uneventful day at the beach to an amazing adventure on a strange island. My favorite part, though, was the end because the girls make it back to the beach and ran to their parents to animatedly tell them about the adventure they had. I completed the book wondering what their parents thought, if they were shocked or amused by the girls’ tale, or if they believed them. I think the parents most likely brushed it off as “kids and their imaginations.” Lol!
ART STYLE
It’s good; I like it. The scenes I like the most are of the grand isle, which is vibrant and colorful because of the variety of large vegetation there. There are a lot of colors, but it’s not overpowering. However, the white feather the girls find, and the bird it goes with, stand out from everything else on the island.
I also like how everything is painted. I just wish I knew the medium used. I didn’t see it stated in the book. The end pages are lovely too with plants from the grand isle all over them.
OVERALL: ★★★☆☆
It was a fun read paired with colorful illustrations about a typical beach day that becomes extraordinary.
As posted on Zezee with Books.
While on the grand isle, the girls see huge butterflies and caterpillars, enormous Venus flytraps that could probably eat them, and plants growing fruits that resemble heads as well as very tall waving grass that look like hands. The grand isle is an amazing place but intimidating, so to get back to the beach, the innovative girls make a boat out of an egg shell to sail home.
Grand Isle was an exciting read. I like how the pace slowly picks up from the typical uneventful day at the beach to an amazing adventure on a strange island. My favorite part, though, was the end because the girls make it back to the beach and ran to their parents to animatedly tell them about the adventure they had. I completed the book wondering what their parents thought, if they were shocked or amused by the girls’ tale, or if they believed them. I think the parents most likely brushed it off as “kids and their imaginations.” Lol!
ART STYLE
It’s good; I like it. The scenes I like the most are of the grand isle, which is vibrant and colorful because of the variety of large vegetation there. There are a lot of colors, but it’s not overpowering. However, the white feather the girls find, and the bird it goes with, stand out from everything else on the island.
I also like how everything is painted. I just wish I knew the medium used. I didn’t see it stated in the book. The end pages are lovely too with plants from the grand isle all over them.
OVERALL: ★★★☆☆
It was a fun read paired with colorful illustrations about a typical beach day that becomes extraordinary.
As posted on Zezee with Books.
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