This international favorite is also on my top ten list, and it contains a brilliant twist on the literary concept of a red herring. The reader is free to follow the actual red herring along the pages of this wordless book, but in doing so, he or she will miss the stories of the many other characters. Destined to be read multiple times so that you can follow along with each of the characters, this book will provide hours of entertainment and endless prompts for creative writing.
From the rationale provided on the 2013 Silent Books to the World Honour List: "This is an album without words that urges the reader to invent and to recount stories in a playful and festive atmosphere. The pictures, at once both rich and complex yet dainty and light, direct our gaze to search for hidden details, urging us to look at the huge lawn over and over again to discover minor yet fascinating episodes . . . "
El Arenque Rojo [The Red Herring] by Gonzalo Trenor & Alicia Varela. Spain: SM, 2012. [9788467556858]
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