Levine Querido The Wanderer

The book was damaged on the corners.

While any thoughtful, imaginative child will find much to love in this first book from Peter Van den Ende, any adult with the same qualities will find just as much. Perhaps more! A wordless, dreamlike voyage across the world & the psyche both, its richness of detail, its use of tangible black & shimmering white, its matter-of-fact surreal vision, all combine to shape an immersive & transformative experience for the reader. It's easy to become enthralled by each page, going from one tiny thing to another, even as all those tiny things weave something much larger & evocative in the reader's mind. Yet there's no obvious or heavy-handed symbolism here; the images allow the reader to make his or her own connections & story ... a story that may well change with each return to it. If this is Van den Ende's first book, than I eagerly look forward to many more from him. Most highly recommended!

This looks like a book for a child but it's really an illustrated story about creation, and the path of a life. The drawings are beyond amazing. The Wanderer would make an excellent gift for someone going through a tough time - and who isn't these days. The ending is about friendship.

I have an adventurous grandson who while climbing way too high announced, "This is a little bit scary but a lot awesome!" This book is a little bit awesome but a lot scary for kids! I was looking for wordless picture books for the school library where I work. I will keep searching. This belongs in the art section for middle or high school. Really astounding artwork.

This is a wordless story with very beautiful black and white line drawings . However , the drawings are spooky and a bit scary . I would not recommend this for children under ten .