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found The Arrival a very interesting book to read. Even though this book has no words and is just drawings, it is still very exciting and full of cliff-hangers. This book is full of outstanding black and white portraits that bring the story alive.
The Arrival is a book about a family who are very poor so they send the father to a peculiar world to work. He starts to learn more things about the city and this is when he gets a job and starts sending money back to his family so that they can come to live with him. Two years have passed and he is still waiting for a letter from home…
I found this story very interesting. However, I don’t think I would have enjoyed reading this book as much if I had read it alone as I liked explaining answers from the book with my class. I would recommend this for people of older ages so that they can understand it more. However, for this book you do not have to be able to read but you will still have to be able to understand the drawings.
Many people will find the ideas of a book with no words very strange but, as you start to realise what this book is about, you will become drawn to it and you will never want to stop reading it. I found this book very interesting and suddenly realised how good Shaun Tan’s books really are. Now I am intrigued to read more!
I am really pleased that you enjoyed this book so much. It is one of my favourites and a wonderful book. Shaun Tan is a fantastic artist and imaginative writer. There are some beautiful books for you to discover if you want to read more. The ones I like best include The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and Eric. The books are often rather unusual and unexpected but always make you think and look carefully. If you like art as well as reading, then there is a lot to interest you here. A new book is coming out next month called Cicada which I will try to find out more about…