Author: Chris Raschka
Illustrator: Chris Raschka
Year: 2001
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Waffle shows a small character who wants something but moves with uncertainty. Each hesitant action meets a crowd of tiny laughing faces, forming patterns and shapes across the pages.
Typography and symbols wobble and shift, echoing the tension and movement. Words and faces interact, responding to each step, reflecting hesitation and effort. At the end, the letters of his name transform into flew, supporting the sense of lift and flight through both text and image.
Text and image together create a rhythm of motion and transformation, where shapes, lines, and letters carry the unfolding of the character’s journey.