The Greatest Adventure

by Tony Piedra, Tony Piedra (Illustrator)

Overview

Where does true adventure come from? A young Latino boy and his grandfather find the true answer together.

Eliot imagines sailing wild rivers and discovering giant beasts, right there on his block! But he wishes his adventures were real.

Eliot's grandpa, El Capitan, once steered his own ship through dangerous seas, to far-off lands. But he can't do that anymore.

Can Eliot and El Capitan discover a real adventure... together?

Come find out! All aboard The Greatest Adventure!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338290493
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	09/11/2018
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	111 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Tony Piedra has been searching for adventure since he could hold a crayon. He has swum with sharks, met wild bears, and sailed to the moon (all without letting go of that same crayon). In between these adventures, he worked at Pixar Animation Studios, building 3D worlds for movies like Coco, Up, and Inside Out. The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) awarded him a Portfolio Showcase Honor in 2014. He lives with his family in Los Angeles. Visit him online at tonypiedrastudio.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for The Greatest Adventure:"Joyous and brightly colored, affirming the vibrant power of the imagination... Richly satisfying." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-06-12
In this picture book, a young city-dwelling boy wishes for a "real adventure," like the ones his grandfather has had.Eliot, playing on the sidewalk outside the apartment building where he lives with his mother, demonstrates a tremendous imagination. A paper sailboat in the street gutter becomes a high-seas adventure. A neighbor's pet pug becomes a huge beast. And when Eliot's grandfather, El Capitán, writes that he is "coming home" (signing his postcard, one of many reproduced on the front endpapers, "nos vemos pronto"), Eliot looks forward to having a real adventure. El Capitán arrives, and he and Eliot set out to find an adventure in the city. Author/illustrator Piedra's digitally produced illustrations have the look of oils; they show a darker, muted palette as Eliot and El Capitán "stalk a paper dragon" in Chinatown and navigate a "plastic sea" (a clever double-page spread of a crowd of open umbrellas)—but Eliot, wanting a "real adventure," asks to sail on the Hispaniola, El Capitán's boat. But the boat, when El Capitán shows it to him, is old and damaged. Undaunted, Eliot puts his fertile imagination to work as the illustrations become more vividly hued. The ending double-page spread is joyous and brightly colored, affirming the vibrant power of the imagination. Eliot and his mother both have pale skin and dark hair and eyes; the bilingual, Spanish-speaking El Capitán has white hair and dark eyes.Richly satisfying. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews