Imagine That: A Hoot & Olive Story by Jonathan D. Voss. PICTURE BOOK. Henry Holt & Company (Macmillan), 2019. $18. 9781250314550
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
During a rainstorm, Olive wants to imagine they are sailing down a huge river but Hoot, her owl friend, is having trouble imagining anything. They try to fix the problem when they assume his imagination is slipping out his ears but have no luck until they start to focus on Hoot’s heart. Hoot’s imagination starts small but grows when given attention.
This is a sweet story, even down to the illustrations. Everything is soft and optimistic in this book and it creates a soothing tone. There are good messages here about friendship and how imagination grows when we attend to it.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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