Harry's Box
PreSchool-Accompanied by his dog, a boy carries a box to different places in his home and pretends that it is a store, a lion's den, a pirate ship, an underwater cave, and a castle. Finally, it becomes a snug place to nap. Jones's richly colored illustrations invite readers to note elements of Harry's real world that are carried over to his pretend one. Single-page scenes of the child's house and garden alternate with colorful spreads in vivid detail of the imaginary places he visits. McAllister's take on a child's world treads familiar territory. While more creative views of the possibility of boxes lie in Alice McLerran's classic Roxaboxen (Lothrop, 1991) and Dayle Ann Dodds's The Color Box (Little, Brown, 1992), this is still an appealing offering.Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, MECopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.