The Only Child

The Only Child

<b>A <i>New York Times</i> Best Illustrated Book</b><br><br>Hailed by <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> and the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> as a best book of the year, this gorgeous and imaginative story€"part picture book, part graphic novel€"is utterly transporting and original. <i>USA Today</i> declared it €œa 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 <i>The Arrival </i>and Raymond Briggs's <i>The Snowman,</i> it is quickly becoming a modern classic. <br>  <br> 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?<br>  <br> 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.<i><br><br></i>€œA haunting, wordless, gorgeously drawn picture book.€ <i>€"<i>People</i></i><br><br> €œTold wordlessly through soft, dreamy illustrations, Guojing€s tale evokes the loneliness of growing up under China€s one-child policy.€ €"<i>Entertainment Weekly<br><br></i>€œA dreamy, wordless debut.€ €"<i><i>The New York Times</i></i><br><br> "Majestic.... Rare is the book containing great emotional depth that truly resonates across a span of ages: this is one such." €"<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, Starred<br><br>"Reminiscent of Raymond Briggs€s classic, <i>The Snowman </i>(1978), this is quiet, moving, playful, and bittersweet all at once." €"<i>Booklist</i>, Starred