The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend

The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend

Title: The Adventures of Beekle the Unimaginary Friend

Genre: Caldecott

Author and Illustrator: Dan Santat

Awards: Caldecott award

Age group: 5-8 year olds

This book is so cute I absolutely loved this books story and illustrations, I believe everyone should read this book.

Summary:

He was born on an island, which is where imaginary friends are created; here they wait to be imagined by a real child. Every night he waited to be imagined by a child and given a name, he waited for a long time. After a while, rather than waiting, he journeyed to the real world. The world was very different then what he had imagined. Then he found a park, but he did not find his friend so he climbed a tree hoping his friend would come. He became very sad when none did, until one day a child came and something just felt right. At first they didn’t know what to do, but then she named him Beekle and he knew she was perfect. They had many adventures together and the world became a little less strange and they did the unimaginable.

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I would definitely have this book in my classroom, I absolutely love the illustrations and believe students will love this story and feel connected to it.

The appropriate grade level for this book is Kinder- 3rd grade. This book is easy to read with little words to a page and not too complex of vocabulary. I believe young and old readers will love this book.

An activity to go with this book is after reading it, the student will draw their own imaginary friend and write a short story about them.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy