The Red Book

This is a very short, yet extremely complex story. Each picture has the illusion of simplicity, but the details are astounding when you look closely. A girl finds a red book and when she opens it finds a picture of a boy on a beach. At the same time the boy on the beach find a red book and inside is the picture of the girl. As the story progresses, the girl flies to the island and meets the boy. Along the way she drops her book and his washes away; the books are discovered again and the story continues in the mind of the reader. The illustrations are simple enough to hold the interest of preschool children, but are complex enough to use with older or gifted students. It poses the question if this is really happening or if the readers of the red books are escaping into their imaginations. It was a clever and well thought out story.