A brightly colored circus train enters the sepia landscape of an elderly farmer’s solitary world, setting in action a captivating string of events. When the farmer witnesses a small clown rocketing off the train, he sets off to investigate. The clown is in fact, a child. Marla Frazee’s wordless story chronicles the tender connection between the two as they come to know each other beneath the façade of clown makeup and clichéd expectations. The farmer cares for the child, introducing him to farm life and lifting his spirits with silliness and a shared picnic while they await the return of the train. Their paths diverge when the child is joyfully reunited with his family, but their strong connection is symbolized with an exchange of hats. The juxtaposition of the stark neutral-toned farmer with the colorful clown child creates visual drama in a perfectly paced tale told primarily through facial expressions and body language, masterfully executed in a deceptively simple style. (Ages 4–7)

Whimsical and touching images tell the story of an unexpected friendship and the revelations it inspires in this moving, wordless picture book from two-time Caldecott Honor medalist Marla Frazee.

A baby clown is separated from his family when he accidentally bounces off their circus train and lands in a lonely farmer’s vast, empty field. The farmer reluctantly rescues the little clown, and over the course of one day together, the two of them make some surprising discoveries about themselves—and about life!

Sweet, funny, and moving, this wordless picture book from a master of the form and the creator of The Boss Baby speaks volumes and will delight story lovers of all ages.