Once Upon a Banana by Jennifer Armstrong

I really enjoy this wordless picture book by Jennifer Armstrong. This book doesn't start from a specific page but it starts on the front cover where the monkey is a part of the jugglers show. Like most books there is a book cover, a page for the tile and copyright, but this book starts differently and should be read more than once before it is really understood by the reader. The last page and the back of the book are also used in unique ways. The last page is used for a map of where the monkey traveled and the back of the book is usually plain with the bar code at the bottom of the page. In this book the bar code is used creatively and is being carried up to a billboard.

She did a fantastic job of keeping the reader engaged throughout each scene and page. There are so many different things going on in each page so that the reader can understand what is going on in the book. Once I read this book three times I also noticed a little poem going on with the signs in the book. For example: One-Way Street, No Bare Feet, City Hall, Shopping Mall. These words describe where the crazy monkey is headed but it's formulated into a poem that can be unnoticed unless read multiple times.