They have a wonderful day imagining all sorts of adventures. After sitting in the beach while her Nonna reads, she finally decides to take a risk and plays with another child on the beach. This is an honest and unbiased review.Įllie is a shy, quiet girl who is afraid to meet new people.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. To read this and more of my reviews visit my blog at Epic Reading But one star comes off because of the weird idea that you have to have a friend or another child in order to have imagination fun. I've given it 3.5 stars (and have rounded up to 4) as I like the idea of the story. These are subtle things that children will not notice but that help reinforce the lack of noticing we are trying to instill in the younger generation. Therefore it's very appropriate that our children are of different racial backgrounds and that we have a boy/girl friendship at the end. Canadians are more likely to be upset about a lack of diversity these days than 'upset' by it. This is fairly standard in Canada these days. It's also a good book to show that any child of any race can play with one another. The Magic Boat is also illustrated by other Canadians yet the setting could be any beach, anywhere in the world whether it's near a lake, ocean or sea.
In fact the first WWII book I read in Grade 3 was written by her (kicking off my love for historical fiction). I'm not sure how I feel about this message given that there are many children that play on their own.Īuthor, Kit Pearson, is a very well known Canadian children's/middle grade writer. It says that children need to be playing with another child (as Nona is not enough in the book) in order to have a good time using their imagination. This is a bit of an odd message in my mind. Second, it implies that you can only use your imagination when you have a friend/another child to share it with. Given the topic of the book is to use your imagination perhaps it's appropriate. I don't think this is a detriment necessarily but it is a bit different than usual. For example, the page will talk of an octopus, a seal and a fish.
This is a bit of an odd children's book in two ways.įirst, it doesn't just have words that relate to the picture on the page.
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