Picture Book #2 Free Fall

TITLE: Free Fall
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: This book was written and illustrated by David Wiesner.
GENRE: Wordless Picture Book
THEME: Imagination is the most obvious theme throughout the book.
AWARDS: This book received the Caldecott Award.
CHARACTERS: The character in the book is the little boy who dreams.
PUBLISHING DATE AND COMPANY: This book was published in 1991 by HarperCollins.
SUMMARY: This book shows extreme imagination through the use of detailed images.  It starts with a little boy falling asleep while reading.  The reader then journeys with the little boy to a magicall land in which his dreams created.  In this imaginary land, chess pieces communicate and the little boy meets a dragon in a seemingly unpleasant situation.
This book would be great in the classroom to allow children to imagine and work their minds!