Wick, W. (2003). Can you see what I see? dream machine: A picture adventure to search and solve. New York: Scholastic. ISBN 0-439-39950-5

     Annotation – Dreaming for a child involves more than what is in the room. Find the dream city with the central command before it’s time to wake up.

     Media used for illustrations – well crafted and high involved miniature sets photographed with a Fuji S2 digital and 4”x5” view camera using Ektachrome 64T film.

     Rating for quality of text, illustration and popularity: 4QT and 5QI/5P  (1 = low - 5 = high)

     Use of repetition – Part of the appeal to this type of book is that one knows what to expect. Each book Wick produces generally has a theme explored through pictures and riddle solving. It’s the same set up every time, but somehow it doesn’t get old or stale. Finding all those things in the pictures draws a reader into the scene and setting and perhaps making up a story of one’s own.

Text   = Limited, Rhyming, Familiar, Hints

 Photos = Composition, Perspective, Angles, Adventure

Reader's Practice: Concentration, Attention to detail, Keeping on task, Vocabulary,  Language, Checking for understanding

Middle & High School Students: Behind the scenes that may be of more interest

www.walterwick.com details how the sets are made and photographed

Upper elementary and middle school art students may be able to recreate a scene

Library program based on the books

Nancy