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Not a Box
Contributor(s): Portis, Antoinette (Author), Portis, Antoinette (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0061123226 ISBN-13: 9780061123221
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2006
Annotation: A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually "becomes" real--when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboard box, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Rabbits
- Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Size & Shape

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2006002477

Age Level: 0-4

Grade Level: PreK-P

Physical Information: 0.36" H x 9.09" W x 9.43" L (0.76 lbs) 32 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Picture Storybook, 2009
Nevada Young Readers' Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2009
Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss), Honor Book, Children's Literature, 2007
Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award, Nominee, Picture Book, 2008

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/27/2006 pg. 49
New Yorker (The) 12/04/2006 pg. 93
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2006 pg. 1225
Booklist 12/01/2006 pg. 53
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2007 pg. 60
School Library Journal 01/01/2007 pg. 100
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2007 pg. 12 - Superior,Well Above Average
New York Times 04/15/2007 pg. 18

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Don't miss this wholly original celebration of the power of imagination, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson--and it's a thoughtful graduation gift for creative people of all ages.

A box is just a box...unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real--when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

After reading this book aloud, continue the fun by drawing shapes like a triangle or circle, and asking your child what the triangle is NOT

Contributor Bio(s): Portis, Antoinette: -

Antoinette Portis is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Not a Box (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a 2007 Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Book), Not a Stick, A Penguin Story (also chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and Kindergarten Diary. She attended the UCLA School of Fine Arts and is a former creative director at Disney. Antoinette lives in Southern California.

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