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Imagination

PICTURE A TREE

Picture a Tree
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Reid
Author's First Name: 
Barbara
Illustrator's First Name: 
Barbara
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Reid
Publisher: 
Albert Whitman
Publication Date: 
2013
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Reid offers readers and listeners an open-ended invitation to looking at trees in a different way. This imaginative celebration of all kinds of trees in all kinds of weather is made even more appealing by her unique illustrations, done with plasticine, which include both astonishing detail and fuel for the imagination. Up to Seven. Kathy Isaacs

RED SLED

Red Sled
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Judge
Author's First Name: 
Lita
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2011

A winter moon and a snowy hill form the serene backdrop for this almost wordless tale of a bear who co-opts a child’s sled and takes his animal friends on a wild midnight ride . . . only to have the sled’s owner join them in the end.

RED WAGON

Red Wagon
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Liwska
Author's First Name: 
Renata
Publisher: 
Philomel
Publication Date: 
2011

On the way to market for her mother, Lucy imagines her wagon to be a stagecoach, train, circus wagon, and even a spaceship. A straightforward text describes her actual trip while cozy, soft-focus pencil drawings reveal her fantasy.

LITTLE WHITE RABBIT

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Henkes
Author's First Name: 
Kevin
Publisher: 
Greenwillow
Publication Date: 
2011

Fat outlines, rounded shapes, and soft colors depict a little white rabbit on an outdoor adventure. His imagination hops along with him as he wonders about being green as grass, tall as a tree, or hard as a rock, but never wondering who loves him best.

CHALK

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Thomson
Author's First Name: 
Bill
Publisher: 
Marshall Cavendish
Publication Date: 
2010

In this wordless picture book, children draw with enchanted chalk to make the sun, butterflies, and a tyrannosaurus rex come alive. Realistic acrylic and colored pencil illustrations create exaggerated facial expressions that emphasize the excitement of this extraordinary adventure.

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