What If...
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Creativity, the power of imagination, and the importance of self-expression are celebrated in this inspiring picture book written and illustrated by real-life best friends.
This girl is determined to express herself! If she can't draw her dreams, she'll sculpt or build, carve or collage. If she can't do that, she'll turn her world into a canvas. And if everything around her is taken away, she'll sing, dance, and dream...
Stunning mixed media illustrations, lyrical text, and a breathtaking gatefold conjure powerful magic in this heartfelt affirmation of art, imagination, and the resilience of the human spirit.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"With a pencil and paper, I write and draw art/ to create many stories that come from my heart." But what if the young narrator of this story didn't have a pencil? In ways that may remind readers of the lullaby "Hush Little Baby," this brown-skinned, purple-haired girl is always thinking about her next move. No pencil? She'd make origami. No paper? She'd "chisel the table and then carve the chair" or create a wall-size sun by strategically peeling away paint. Ultimately, it's her imagination celebrated with a gatefold close-up of the girl deep in thought and unfaltering determination to create that matter. "If I had nothing, but still had my mind," writes Berger (Monster's New Undies). "There'd always be stories to seek and find." Curato's collaged and found-object illustrations meet the creative challenges the text all but demands with moments of giddy inventiveness: a dragon created from fall leaves, a solar system rendered in dirt and marbles, and a snow scene made of marshmallows and sugar. Ages 4 8.
