# Not a Box - Hardcover

by **Antoinette Portis** (Author), **Antoinette Portis** (Illustrator)

**Don't miss this wholly original celebration of the power of imagination, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson--and it's a thoughtful graduation gift for creative people of all ages.**

A box is just a box...unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when **pretend** feels so real that it actually becomes **real**\--when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

After reading this book aloud, continue the fun by drawing shapes like a triangle or circle, and asking your child what the triangle is NOT

### Back Jacket

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually _becomes_ real--when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboard box, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.36 x 9.43 x 9.09 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** December 12, 2006

**Award:** Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award (2008)

**Award:** Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) (2007)

**Award:** Georgia Children's Book Award (2009)

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

## Variants

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