Reviewer Conny Withay:Operating her own business in office management since 1991, Conny is an avid reader and volunteers with the elderly playing her designed The Write Word Game. A cum laude graduate with a degree in art living in the Pacific Northwest, she is married with two sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren.
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Author: Karen Kilpatrick
Illustrators: Tara Louise
Campbell & Matthew Wilson
Publisher: Nina Charles
Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-938447-19-8
“Everything looks so
pretty! I really like this game. Things look very different … but
they’re still just the same,” Karen Kilpatrick rhymes in her
children’s book, Imagine.
This thirty-two-page
hardbound targets preschool to second graders who enjoy books about
imagination. With no profanity or scary scenes, it would best be read
out loud to beginner readers based on some complicated words.
In this simple book, the unnamed characters from different ethnic backgrounds are given the opportunity to change things by using their imaginations. While one pretends he can fly, another acts like a shark, television star, or baker. With a magical wand, the children change the scenery and colors around them as they ride rainbows, swing on stars, and bounce on clouds. With fun and fantasy, they realize that even though they change items to different colors, they remain the same, just like them.
I could not find anything negative in this book that focuses on examining imagination. Some may not like the rhyming format, but I found it simplistic enough to understand for a preschooler.
Wishing there were more books on the market like these, I think it is important to stimulate young ones to be creative and think outside the box. This is a nice set containing nine books to date.
Thanks to Bookpleasures and KSB Promotions for offering this book to review for my honest opinion.