Polo, an adventurous little dog, straps on a small backpack filled with useful supplies and leaves his island tree house to see the world. Polo travels from sea to land to air, and even to the moon. When Polo gets in a tight spot (and he gets into a lot of them), he reaches into his backpack and finds just the right thing to allow him to continue safely on his adventure. Faller uses different-sized, brightly colored cartoon panels to tell this imaginative story without words. Other books in the series are Polo and the Magic Flute, Polo and Lily, Polo and the Magician!, Polo and the Dragon, Polo: The Runaway Book. 2007 USBBY Outstanding International Books List. ca

Originally published as Voyage de Polo in French by Bayard Êditions Jeunesse France, in 2002.

Equipped with a backpack full of supplies, Polo sets off on a little boat--and on a series of delightful adventures that take him across (and under) the ocean, to an island and a frozen iceberg, to space and home again, with a world of magical encounters along the way. Polo's journey is packed with incident and expression; 80 pages of seamless, satisfying picture storytelling are perfectly targeted to the youngest reader. Unique, dynamic, and playful, The Adventures of Polo calls to mind the worlds of film animation, comics, and classic books from Harold and the Purple Crayon to The Snowman--and has style, appeal, and substance all its very own.