Walter Was Worried — Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Opposite the simple declarative sentence, "Walter was worried" is a portrait of a very worried Walter. But wait The letters that spell out his feelings form his facial characteristics, as well as his expression. Gradually a simple story unfolds: the sky grows dark, the fog rolls in, lightning lights the sky, and thunder shakes the trees; Priscilla was puzzled, Shirley was shocked, Frederick was frightened... and eventually (when the sun came out) Henry was hopeful, and Elliot ecstatic.

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