Review: Wildly imaginative, creative, and funny!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
As a parent, an educator, and a writer myself, I can appreciate a good picture book. A lot of kids don't like to read and most of the time, it's because they and their parents can't find good books that entertain and engage. Too  many books for kids try to teach a lesson too obviously, to preach, to lecture. And who wants that? Definitely not a young kid. Kids learn by playing and imagining, and that's what they will do as they read "I Think It's a Rock" by Peter Collier.The book starts with a simple, easy-to-relate-to problem: a kid has something that feels like a rock in his shoe. Of course, he asks himself what it could be. At first, the answers are logical. Maybe, gum? Maybe, a bee? The line "That's what he thought, but maybe it's not" at the end of each of these pages will make the kids think about the possibilities. It will also create a desire to turn the page and find out, and that's what will keep them reading.With each turn of beautifully-illustrated pages, the answers get wilder and funnier until Mom has to interfere and bring a sense of reality to the situation that is quickly descending into an uncontrollable giggle-fest. She thinks it's just a rock. But the author is a kid at heart, so the last page of the book shows a picture of a mischievous little dragon-like creature, with just one line to finish the book, "...but maybe it's not," leaving the kids to ponder all the wild and creative ideas presented in this book. Highly recommended!