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PRESCHOOL

Portis, Antoinette

Not a Stick

32 pp. | HarperCollins | January, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-112325-2 $12.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-112326-9 $14.89

(2) PS This companion to Not a Box again focuses on the transformative power of imagination. Drawn in simple black outline, a pig brandishes a stick that, to the offstage narrator, is merely a hazard but in the pig's mind is a fishing pole, baton, paintbrush, etc. The blue accent color highlights the difference between what the narrator sees and the pig's fanciful visions.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2008