During the month of March, during the year 2027, the David Wiesner book, Room 239, is planned. The publisher is saying it is for ages four to eight, but since it is a wordless picture book anyone can read it. And while it has many of the elements of Wiesner we come to love and treasure, this time around it is unique to itself as well. As all the books he creates are.
And just like all his other books, the images he creates are far out of this world. The colors are deep, rich and smooth. They look like they are painted onto the page. They are popping off the page and also heavy. They sit there waiting for you to carefully pursue them, taking your time, saving every red, blue, pink, yellow, and the rainbow that will unfold. The details are all over the place. They sit, they wait, they will explode when it is time to view them. You need to take a moment (or ten) for even the smallest corner of things. 
Then when you are done with this title, you can go onto Robobaby in a paperback edition. Being a big sister has never been more frustrating or as much work and I should know, I’ve been one for almost 50 years! (Well, 48 … don’t tell my sister I told you.) David Wiesner’s is the author and illustrator of this book, but it had a slightly different tone than what I expect from him and was getting a little bit of William Joyce with less “roundness” to the images (I also was getting Robots (2005) movie vibes).
Now, back to Room 239 for a few minutes. My biggest question is why do the chickens know science and what is the pink goo in the beakers? 
Both were read via online reader copies.
