In this water-based follow-up to his well-received Fire Engine No. 9, Austin once again employs onomatopoeia and repetitive vocabulary to emphasize the story’s action. The oversize, subtly italicized graphic typeface draws readers into and propels them through the narrative. A boy and his dog are caught on a sailboat in a storm. Every visual component—a boat, a windsock, the rescue workers—is firmly rooted to the page, almost static, yet Austin’s use of brushwork and color for the background creates a sense of urgency and dynamism, the visual contradiction...