Riley brought this home from the Library as part of the book of the month club.  We had already seen the movie, which I loved.  The book is beautiful — the hand drawn images are used to tell the story, as are the written words, and it flows really well.  I would add this book/movie combo to the list of those in which I like the movie better than the book…  There was just some small nuances of the movie that I liked better than the book, but I won’t reveal them here.  Contact also falls into that category, and perhaps no others do.