![]() ![]() It’s a moment of childhood captured in multiple dimensions. Float by Daniel Miyares SD 480p 1,782 views 6 Dislike Share Save Kelly Gant 187 subscribers This is a book with no words. Seen against streets and houses of slate gray, the boy’s yellow slicker is the only bright color, underlining the sense that he’s in a world of his own. Skilled draftsmanship and smart pacing distinguish Miyares’s visual storytelling. The warmth of his father’s care renews the boy, and he sets off for another adventure. In an unexpectedly lovely moment, the boy grins widely as his hair blows sideways readers sense his pleasure and relief. ![]() At home, his father welcomes him with a hug, then holds a blow-dryer up to the boy’s wet hair. It slips down a storm drain, and when the boy reaches it at last, the once-proud craft is a sodden mess. In his hand he has a folded-paper boat, which he sails. In the spreads that follow, a boy in a yellow slicker ventures outside and waits for a downpour to end before launching his boat, which is instantly carried away by the swiftly flowing water. Float by Daniel Miyares Joyful Learning for Young Minds 1.71K subscribers Subscribe 4. On a rain-grey day, a young boy in a bright yellow slicker is off on a solo (wordless) adventure. ![]() ![]() In the opening scene of Miyares’s ( Pardon Me!) wordless story, two pairs of hands-one big, one small-fold newspaper into origami boats. ![]()
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