Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Skip the story -- the paintings are everything.

There really isn't much to say about this picture book. Yes, the paintings are wonderful and if you love Allsburg's art work, then by all means get the book. But the story, such as it is, is incredibly lame. One can only hope this will not be made into a 100+ million dollar movie. The only emotion you are likely to feel at the end of the book is: "So what."