As I began flipping through the pages of The Arrival I noticed it was a wordless picturebook and purely relies on the images to tell the story. My initial reaction was the use of color the author chose. As you open the book up to the first page you notice nine individual frames of possessions that you would see in a home along with a family picture and if you turn to the next page a bigger image is shown on the right of the mom and dad. For example, we are never told directly the status of the family or as to why the dad is packing. If you look at the nine frames in Part One, you notice the objects in the frames are portrayed in the background and foreground of the bigger picture on the following page. This focuses on the detail and gives us
