This books is another wordless book by Gregory Rogers. The main character is the same boy from The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard. This time, the story beings in Trafalgar Square where the little boy is playing by himself. He gets hit in the head with a soccer ball and kicks it into one of the fountains to the dismay of the boys who had been playing with it. They chase him around the square and he hides in the line to get into the National Gallery. Once inside he beings looking around. We see portraits and statues, including a portrait of Shakespeare who is mysteriously holding a soccer ball. While he walks through the museum, a dog in a portrait catches his eye. The dog comes out of the painting and licks his head. The boy and the dog run through the museum together and go through another portrait ending up in a woman's house in Holland. She give them gifts and shows them outside where they roam the streets of Delft, Holland, ending up in a butcher shop with a very angry butcher. The butcher ends up in a canal and the boy and the dog return to the National Gallery. The dog says goodbye to his new friend and jumps back into his painting. The little boy walks out of the museum and back into Trafalgar Square.
This story was beautiful. It showed some of the amazing architect and canals of Holland that were lovely. Like the book before it, this story has some wonderful historical merit and would be a great addition to any class studying history!
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