German / Germany
Regentag
(Rainy day)
Rassmus, Jens
(illus.)
Wuppertal: Peter Hammer Verlag, [2024]. – [62] p.
ISBN 978-3-7795-0726-0
Rain | Imaginary world | Fantasy | Playing | Wordless book | Picture book
Reading age: 3+
White Ravens issue: 2024
In this wordless book, Jens Rassmus proves that you don’t need words to transform the world. Two children are looking out of the window, watching the rain fall from the sky in big streaks. Initially, they had planned to play ball, but now they have to come up with something else. At first, one child fiddles around with their mobile phone, while the other one slowly develops an idea. In their imagination, the children venture outside, climb mountains, jump from skyscraper to skyscraper, leap into fountains, and become wild animals. Anything is possible! Jens Rassmus draws a black-and-white here and now in ink, often arranging several small vignettes on one page. The fantasy world, however, is colourful and lush, often a full-page illustration, showing the children in their self-created worlds with cheerful faces and completely immersed in their game. »Regentag« is a tribute to the power of imagination, and it encourages children to look at the pictures again and again and invent their own stories to go with them. [IG]