Draw by Raul Colon

This book has no words in it, but it the illustrations are absolutely beautiful! Every page is a full illustration, with many different colors in them. The colors in this book are very neutral and natural, but they are intensified and look almost artificial. I really like this effect, it is what interests me most about this book. This book reminds me of Where the Wild Things Are when the boy goes from drawing in his room to being in Africa. With this transition, the illustrator also changes the medium from light water colors to the darker, more pigmented, brighter, neutral colors I explained before. I liked this because it created an excitement in the adventures he has that are contradictory to what we, the readers, know he is actually doing. My favorite part in the story is when the monkey starts to draw a picture of the boy. It is very humorous to me and adds a lot to the story.