![]() Fences, busy shops and numerous houses have been built since. The wildlife and crazy long grass has disappeared from the front of the house and replaced with tamed grass, concrete and busy motorists. Nearing to the end of the book, looking through the same bedroom window, the so-called unspoiled rural area has changed unrecognisably. The background consists of an array of native Australian plants and a dunny surrounded by long grass. The beginning of the book is set in an unspoiled, rural area with a mother gazing out the window with a baby in her arms. ![]() As the title of the book suggests, the story is set through the eyes of looking through a bedroom window formatted across two pages, the window is kept as a continuum all throughout the story. Window touches base on theme of the effects of human development through a chronological order of elaborate drawings. Text is completely absent from the book, which therefor allows the reader to explore their thoughts and find their own conclusion. The illustrations are very detailed, hand drawn to perfection with pencils. Window by Jeannie Baker is a wordless picture book suitable for an audience of all ages. ![]()
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