The Box

by Kevin O'Malley

In this wordless fantasy adventure, a cardboard box rockets a small boy and his teddy bear into space and back again. Kevin O'Malley's illustrations are the heart and soul of this wordless contemporary classic of a small boy's journey in a cardboard box. His adventures reflect the imaginings of every child. Full-color illustrations.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1993

About the author

There is more than one author by this name on Goodreads.

Kevin O'Malley is the co-author and illustrator of the popular Miss Malarkey series as well as the award-winning Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and the national bestseller Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
He also has visited hundreds and hundreds of schools.

Reviews

[Chris Buchanan]

Best wordless book for ages 4-6. Excellent for getting kids to use language to tell what's happening in each picture. Each page is a full page panel, clearly and simply drawn so it's easy for children to understand what is happening. It's FUN, imaginative, and best of all requires INFERENCE skills. So it's great for ages 4-12 to be sure they understand what's REALLY happening here. GREAT GREAT GREAT! should be used by all teachers who have to teach kids to infer at even the earliest ages.

It's fun to ACT OUT so kids can RETELL it as well. Simple narrative structure: setting, problem, attempt at solution, result, lather, rinse, repeat, times 5 or 6 in minutes!

[Nitoy Gonzales]

This is a delightful read. Enjoyed it from start to finish. O'Malley really fleshed out what the story through his illustrations and it connects in every pages. There is an unexpected twist in the end that is heart warming.