The child of books sails the seas of her own imagination.  She meets a young boy and takes him with her on an adventure to unlock his own imagination. 

They travel up mountains of make-believe and explore fairytale forests before escaping monsters in a haunted castle.

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Sketches From A Nameless Land 
The Art of The Arrival 
Shaun Tan 

'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan is a story told through wordless pictures of a migrant's journey  to an unknown and nameless land.  The fact that it is wordless allows its 'readers' to create their own narratives and provide their own interpretation and answers to any questions the story might generate. 

'Sketches from a nameless land' is a companion book to 'The Arrival' and gives insight into the processes that Tan went through in completing the book. 

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Sadly, Grandma gets old - too old to build houses - too old to sit up in bed and one day she is gone. 

The boy has a plan and even though he is heartbroken he sets to work.  He builds a new 'grandma' and together they travel on adventures over mountains and across huge oceans. 

There are books that can be used to help children get over the death of a loved one.  This book tells of one boys journey through the loss of someone dear to him and the celebration of her legacy. 

  

​Perhaps this book could be classified as 'faction' a hybrid book where fiction is presented as fact, in this case a biography and a scientific journal. 

Part 1 of the book is the biography of Dr. Spencer Black.  The doctor, the son of a grave robber, studied at the Academy of Medicine in Philadelphia during the 1870's.  He was a controversial figure - some people saw him as a genius, but most saw him as a mad man. 

Part 2 of the book is Black's opus, his lifetime's work; 'The Codex Extinct Animalia.'  A collection of anatomical drawings illustrating the anatomy of mythical creatures from throughout history.   Black developed a strange and morbid curiosity of these creatures believing that they were the 'anatomical ancestors of humankind.'  A truly exciting and interesting read followed by a collection of mind-blowing art work. ​

I would possibly use this book to inspire some fictional biographies, Dr. Frankenstein for example.
I would love to know how you might use it in the classroom.