Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book) Review
A lushly detailed, wordless picture book about a boy on a field trip to the Empire State Building who is befriended by a sentient cloud. The cloud sneaks him into the cloud factory assigned for his sector of the planet, and some funny adventures ensue. Some of Wiesner's dreamlike fantasy stories are surreal in an Alice-in-Wonderland way - depending on the reader, it could be wonderful or disorienting. This one is mostly fun, and is very funny. The only potentially concerning element is that the boy sneaks onto the cloud factory property, and gets in trouble for it while the grownups running the show are shown to be a little silly. For a child with authority issues this book might help to feed a rebellious heart. Aside from this, the wonderful artwork, the masterful use of images to tell the story without words, and the strikingly original story concept makes this worth having.
Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book) Feature
- ISBN13: 9780395746561
- Condition: New
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Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book) Overview
Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly starts to sketch some new ones. . . . The wordless yet eloquent account of this unparalleled adventure is a funny, touching story about art, friendship, and the weather, as well as a visual tour de force.
Sector 7 (Caldecott Honor Book) Specifications
In another wondrous, wordless picture book by Caldecott Medal winner David Wiesner (Tuesday and June 29, 1999), a class visiting the Empire State Building finds complete cloud cover and no visibility. One boy makes friends with a cloud (identifiable in the mists by the red mittens, hat, and scarf and swipes from the boy), and goes AWOL on a wonderful adventure. The cloud whisks him away to the "Sector 7" floating cloud factory, a bizarre sky station that looks like a Victorian design for a submarine.
Hiding behind his new cumulonimbus friend, the boy enters an area resembling Grand Central Station (complete with "Arrivals" and "Departures" boards) and watches officious human types in uniform giving the clouds their weather assignments. When the clouds complain to the boy that their assigned shapes are boring, he, a talented artist, creates new blueprints for them. The stuffy grownups are furious when clouds start emerging in the shape of fantastic fish; they shout at the clouds, tear up the new designs, and escort the boy back to his school group. But the revolt of the clouds is unstoppable now, and in the last few pages the skies over Manhattan suddenly get a lot more interesting. (Click to see a sample spread. Copyright 1999 by David Wiesner. With permission of Clarion Books.) (Ages 2 to 8) --Richard Farr
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Sector 7 - Ginette Sheridan Evans - Lake Charles, lA
David Wiesner has once agin shown why he wins awards. His visual stories are wonderfully crafted and one just gets caught up in the pictures.His artwork encourages the imagination, and tells the story so perfectly that the reader doesn't even miss words. How do clouds get those great shapes? Indulge in Sector 7 and find out!
Delightful Story - Caren S. Knox-hundley - Charlotte, NC USA
I just went looking for this page to link to, after a discussion of wordless books. We *love* this book! My oldest son got it when he was 7, and we've "read" it over and over; my youngest son, by virtue of having an older brother, has read it since he was teensy, and he just asked where it was the other night! (He's ten now.)
It's such a sweet, simple story, and as always, Wiesner's illustrations are full of detail and nuance. I highly recommend this, especially for kids who are a little... dreamy and inventive.
A terrific book - Andriy Palamarchuk - Boston, MA USA
I just read with my boys (ages 7 and 5) all the books by David Wiesner. They loved Sector 7 and Tuesday the best.
Very humorous, touching story.
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