Not a Stick..........

From the Publisher: Antoinette Portis again captures the thrill of when pretend feels so real that it becomes real. With a stick in hand, the options are endless-whether it's conducting an orchestra, painting a masterpiece, or slaying a dragon-give a child a stick and let imagination take over and the magic begin.

Booklist (February 15, 2008 (Vol. 104, No. 12))

Preschool-Kindergarten. This is literally a follow-up to Not a Box (2007), in which a rabbit notes the imaginary things a box can be. Here, the animal is a pig, and the object is a stick. When the unseen narrator urges, “Be careful with that stick,” the pig replies that it’s not a stick. And sure enough, on succeeding pages, the object is a sword, a fishing rod, and inexplicably, a horse. Once again Portis’ very simple black line drawings, set against clean backgrounds, leave plenty of room for imagination. Children will hope for others in the Not a series.