Reader’s Annotation: Anything is possible when we use our imagination! When we make believe, a box is never just a box! What do you make believe when you are play in your room?
Author/Illustrator: Antoinette Portis
Age: 2-5
genre/subject: Children's fiction, picture book
Plot Summary: The story follow a rabbit who makes use out of a box, claiming that it is not a box! From a rocket ship to a dragon, the rabbit exudes the pure imagination of a child at play.
Evaluation: The illustrations are simple, yet clever in this picture book. Taking a rudimentary image, like a box, and transforming it into a number of magical or wonderful things only demonstrates to children how they possess the power to make believe!
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness:
Readalikes: Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
Awards/Lists: Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Nominee (2007)
Links to reviews in professional review sources:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-112322-1
Hook: When we make believe, a box can be anything we turn it into.
Ideas, Uses: Theme: make believe. What does it mean to make believe? What do you make believe?
ISBN: 978-0061123221
Page Count: 32
Format: Hardcover, paperback and board book
Publisher: HarperCollins
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