Review: Good book to teach kids about thinking and using their immagination
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
While there may be other books that introduce children to the wonders of using one's imagination, this is the first one I saw, and Anat Umansky does a splendid and clever job of showing examples of a nice girl who both thinks about metaphoric statements and uses her imagination. The book also has striking colorful drawings,Julie thinks a lot and has a good imagination. When her mother asks her to do something and she doesn't want to do it, she pretends that she doesn't hear her. But she does hear, and she thinks about what her mother said, takes it literally, and imagines things about it.  When mom says, for example, "do I talk to you or to the wall," Julie thinks about being a wall and decides she does not want to be a wall. When mom says if a girl "wants something, she can move a mountain," she thinks "Wow!" what powers I have. She thinks and imagines things about other of mom's saying, such as "free as a bird."This is a good book that will both entertain and teach kids about thinking, about not taking metaphors literally, and about using their imagination.