The other side By Banya, Istvan

Title: The other side

Author: Banya, Istvan

Illustration: Istvan Banya

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Comments

CIP Info A wordless picture book that shows a series of familiar scenes through many twist in points of view, such as a boy looking down out of a jet’s window and another boy on the ground looking up at the same jet.

The art of a wordless book is tricky. The author or illustrator can get all the glory when they hit it on the head. On the other hand they can sink like a rock if they miss. There are some wordless books that if they had added text it would have killed the impact of the book. Books like Time Files by Eric Rohmann. Rohmann’s book shows how text can actually hurt a book. This book however is in need of some text. It isn’t as clear in the changes of points of view as other titles. The illustrations are not strong enough to be tell as story on their own. They should be bolder and more streamlined.