The Imaginaries: Little Scraps of Larger Stories by Emily Winfield Martin. PICTURE BOOK. Random House, 2020. $19. 9780553511031
BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Predominantly full of images, this book is a collection of ideas conveyed through dynamic paintings and scrapes of found paper with small phrases. The ideas are mostly whimsical, including things like mermaids and young kids with masks.
This book feels like looking into an artist’s soul. The paintings are magical and their potential to spark creativity is obvious. The ambiguity of the phrases and order of the art may be disorienting for some readers but will be rewarding for others.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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