{"product_id":"the-only-child-isbn-9780553497045","title":"The Only Child","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as a best book of the year, this gorgeous and imaginative story—part picture book, part graphic novel—is utterly transporting and original. \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e declared it “a compelling and melancholy debut from an important new talent\" as well as \"an expansive and ageless book full of wonder, sadness, and wild bursts of imagination.” And like Shaun Tan's \u003ci\u003eThe Arrival \u003c\/i\u003eand Raymond Briggs's \u003ci\u003eThe Snowman,\u003c\/i\u003e it is quickly becoming a modern classic. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A little girl—lost and alone—follows a mysterious stag deep into the woods, and, like Alice down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange and wondrous world. But... home and family are very far away. How will she get back there?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this magnificently illustrated—and wordless—masterpiece, debut artist Guojing brilliantly captures the rich and deeply-felt emotional life of a child, filled with loneliness and longing as well as love and joy.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A haunting, wordless, gorgeously drawn picture book.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Told wordlessly through soft, dreamy illustrations, Guojing’s tale evokes the loneliness of growing up under China’s one-child policy.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A dreamy, wordless debut.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Majestic.... Rare is the book containing great emotional depth that truly resonates across a span of ages: this is one such.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reminiscent of Raymond Briggs’s classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Snowman \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), this is quiet, moving, playful, and bittersweet all at once.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred\"A gorgeous, quiet book, deserving of multiple reads.\" —Gene Yang, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Born Chinese,\u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Michael L. Printz Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully drawn adventure that slips effortlessly between dream and memory, as if these two worlds are actually one and the same: that distant place where the heart and mind must always travel before returning home, to know what it means to be lonely before knowing what it means to be loved.\" —Shaun Tan, creator of\u003ci\u003e The Arrival \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Thing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Only Child\u003c\/i\u003e evocatively, and without a single word, reminds us that we all are hopelessly lost and then joyously found, again and again, throughout our lives.\" —Marla Frazee, two-time Caldecott Honor winner for \u003ci\u003eAll the World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Guojing's luminous pencil drawings create a world of such sensory presence that now I know what it feels like to run my hand across the snout of a great stag, swing by an antler onto its back and soar through the air; or to watch in awe as a giant sky-whale dives down into a sea of clouds. A wonderfully dizzying journey.\" —Paul O. Zelinsky, Caldecott Medalist for \u003ci\u003eRapunzel,\u003c\/i\u003e and three-time Caldecott Honor recipient for \u003ci\u003eHansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSwamp Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Rare is the book containing great emotional depth that truly resonates across a span of ages: this is one such.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fine draftsmanship, deft pacing, and striking imaginative power distinguish this debut.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, S\u003c\/i\u003etarred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Each arresting, softly penciled panel is surprisingly luminous in spite of its monochromatic palette, and in those gentle scenes, Guojing evokes a wide range of feeling, especially the lonesomeness of the little girl, who never quite seems at ease alone. Reminiscent of Raymond Briggs’ classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Snowman \u003c\/i\u003e(1978), this is quiet, moving, playful, and bittersweet all at once.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Guojing's beautiful, wordless storybook, a little Chinese girl left home alone wanders off into the snow and has magical cloud adventures with a benevolent stag.\" —\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness,\u003c\/i\u003e StarredGuojing is an illustrator from the Shanxi Province of China. Since graduating from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, she has worked as a concept artist for games and animated television shows. Due to China's birth control policy, Guojing is an only child, and she has drawn on her childhood memories of loneliness and isolation while developing this, her first book.","brand":"Random House Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302056513765,"sku":"NP9780553497045","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553497045.jpg?v=1742926063","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-only-child-isbn-9780553497045","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}