The Flower Man: A Wordless Picture Book for Kids - Inspiring Imagination & Storytelling | Perfect for Bedtime Reading, Classroom Activities & Gift Giving

This is a beautifully-illustrated book with a unique concept of a picture book without words. But there is much more to this book. The idea behind it is a very nice one -- flower man comes to a black-and-white (i.e. colorless) sad town and gives a flower to a little girl. She is filled with happiness, quickly becomes colorful, and gives a flower to somebody else. As we leaf through the pages, we see more and more color on its pages as happiness spread by the flower man fills the town. The last picture in the book is the flower man leaving town (now in full color), presumably so that he can go to the next sad town and cheer up its inhabitants.Originally, I bought this book for my kindergarten-age son. The pictures contain a lot of details, and they occupied him for a long time. What I like about that book is that it leaves a lot of room for imagination. The characters (city inhabitants) that appear throughout the book gradually change: not just their colors change, but what they do, who they are, and who they are with. That allows kids to make up their own story, basing it on pictures but using their own imagination to fill in gaps. And that's excellent.Older kids can use this book as a writing prompt. The book's premise is "everyone has a story," so kids can pick a specific character and write the story about what made that character sad and what helped him/her overcome that sadness. With adults in creative writing classes, this book can be used for a quick exercise in point of view.A great book for any age! A conversation-starter.