November 2008
Not a Box
By Antoinette Portis
Publisher: HarperCollins, 32 pages
ISBN: 978-0061123221
A BOX is a box is a box. Right? Wrong! A box is a race-car, a mountain, a robot, a skyscraper, a hotair balloon, a pirate ship ... basically anything and everything you want it to be.
This book is about how imagination can transform an object, and your life!
Rabbit and his box are rendered in black ink, while red embellishments show readers just where Rabbit's flights of fancy take him and his "not-a-box".
Absolutely brilliant!
Yes! I love Calvin & Hobbes. My fave transmogrifier one is when Calvin turns himself into a tiger. When Hobbes asks him how he feels he says something like "The same, only fuzzier." And he develops a taste for tuna sandwiches. Hilarious!
Posted by: Daphne | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 14:21
Reminds me of the adventures Calvin & Hobbes had with their box. Their box turns into a transmogrifier and a time machine, among many other things. :)
Posted by: Berv | Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 12:20