Stormy: A Story About Finding a Forever Home by Guojing
In this heartwarming, wordless picture book that's perfect for dog lovers, a woman visits a park and discovers a pup hiding under a bench--scruffy, scared, and alone. With gentle coaxing, the woman tries to befriend the animal, but the dog is too scared to let her near. Day after day, the woman tries--and day after day, the dog runs away. With perseverance and patience--and help from an enticing tennis ball--a tentative friendship begins. But it's not until a raging storm forces the two together that a joyous and satisfying friendship takes hold. Guojing poignantly explores how trust doesn't always come easily, but how, over time, and with kindness and determination, forever love can grow.
This wordless picture book is just gorgeous.
With energetic, emotional illustrations we follow the story of a stray little dog and the woman who gains his trust.
In the spirit of The Snowman, where no words are needed, we follow the pair as they develop tentative trust, and then a bond, and then as they seek each other out at the end.
The final few pages had wonderful emotion to them, and the very end will make you say âAw!â.
This is the kind of picture book both children and adults alike will return to again and again. A modern classic of sorts.
