Excerpt Book Review for A Box Story from “This Literary Life”, an blog by Literary Agent Bree Ogden.
Something that I found incredibly remarkable about the illustrations is that the box stays in the same place on every single page, but becomes something new and exciting every time you flip to a new page. This gives the reader the impression that it is in fact, the same box being used for a myriad of adventures.
The words are simple but thought-provoking. They help build the imagination while simultaneously challenging the reader to find a purpose for their box. A purpose all of their own. Every child will want to build a life inside a box after reading this story.
I’ve been an avid proponent of children using their imaginations to entertain themselves, and I couldn’t be a bigger fan of this book.
I challenge you. Buy A Box Story for your child, read it with them, run to the store and pick up a brown cardboard moving box, tape the bottom together, and watch your child’s imagination grow.
About Bree Ogden:
Lit agent w/D4EO Literary.
Instructor at LitReactor.com.
Co-founder and managing editor of Underneath the Juniper Tree. underneaththejunipertree.com
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