It's a moment of childhood captured in multiple dimensions. 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. Float by Daniel Miyares On a gray, rainy day, a brown-skinned boy dressed in bright yellow rain gear heads. 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. Float by Daniel Miyares (ebook) Float Daniel Miyares, Click to preview A boy’s small paper boatand his large imaginationfill the pages of this wordless picture book, a modern-day classic from the creator of Pardon Me that includes endpaper instructions for building a boat of your own. 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. 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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