![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a moment of childhood captured in multiple dimensions. Seen against streets and houses of slate gray, the boy’s yellow slicker is the only bright color, underlining the sense that he’s in a world of his own. Skilled draftsmanship and smart pacing distinguish Miyares’s visual storytelling. Daniel Miyares’ Float is the story of a young boy who makes a paper boat out of a newspaper with his father, and then heads out into the rain-drenched neighborhood to set it sail in the rain-water the boat gets away from him and slips down a water drain, so the boy tracks it to the mouth of the drain, where the boat emerges, worse for wear. The warmth of his father’s care renews the boy, and he sets off for another adventure. In an unexpectedly lovely moment, the boy grins widely as his hair blows sideways readers sense his pleasure and relief. At home, his father welcomes him with a hug, then holds a blow-dryer up to the boy’s wet hair. It slips down a storm drain, and when the boy reaches it at last, the once-proud craft is a sodden mess. In the spreads that follow, a boy in a yellow slicker ventures outside and waits for a downpour to end before launching his boat, which is instantly carried away by the swiftly flowing water. ![]() In the opening scene of Miyares’s ( Pardon Me!) wordless story, two pairs of hands-one big, one small-fold newspaper into origami boats. ![]()
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