“Journey,” by Aaron Becker received a Caldecott Honor in 2014.  It is an interesting book because it is entirely wordless, but Becker still produces a coherent narrative that is both universally understandable and subject to personalization. I selected this book for the subject of my paper because I believe it is an excellent example of success in all of the criteria for the Caldecott Medal (although it didn’t win), especially “Excellence of pictorial interpretation of story, theme, or concept,” and “Delineation of plot, theme, characters, setting, mood or information through the pictures” (American Library Association).