Not a Stick

This is a very simple (and easy to read!) book about a boy playing with a stick. Oh, sorry - it's NOT a stick! As every other illustration shows, it's his wand, his sword, his paint brush, his drumstick.... What it is is a not-a-stick.

I love this paean to imagination. Simple and understated

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illustrations really send the message home.

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Summary:
This book is all about imagination. It deals with a pig who found a stick hanging off a tree. He takes this stick and goes on multiple personal adventures. There are not many words to this book, but the illustrations speak a thousand words. The works that are written are generally

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statements about safety over the stick.

Personal Reaction:
This book so reminds me of my childhood, and of my adventures I had with a stick. I used a stick to pretend I was a sheriff riding a great stallion, the stick, on a wild west adventure to capture the bad guys.

Classroom Extension Ideas:
This is a really good book to introduce to the children to open their imagination. As a parent, this book also puts out a safety message that both the teacher and the parent can appreciate. This book can be be read to our children, inside and outside of the classroom.

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I really enjoyed the book, and think it would be a particularly good one to read to early readers. Both the story and the illustrations are very simple, but it still holds your attention. I also am a big fan of any book that encourages children's imagination, and this book definitely does that.

Another adorable ode to the imagination by Antoinette Portis. Very cute.

Utterly wonderful. My youngest liked sticks until he was 12 - but I had the sense to just let him be. Piglet is so creative - the stick is not only a sword and a horse but also a fishing pole, a barbell, etc....