One Smart Fish (2010)

One Smart Fish (2010)

by Chris Wormell

ISBN: 9781862306523

  Age: 5+    UK Equivalent: Key Stage 2  

Type: Picture Book, UK Book     Genre: Inspiring Story  Theme: Opposites, Ocean, Individuality

Summary:Long ago in the deep ocean, there lived ...one smart fish! He wasn't the biggest and he wasn't the boldest, but he was the cleverest. What this smart fish wanted more than anything else was to walk upon the land. But everyone knows that fish can't walk ...can they? (Credits to Amazon)

Ish (2005)

Ish (2005)

by Kelly Cunnane

ISBN: 9781844282968

Interest Level by Scholastic: K-Grade 2  Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.2.1

Interest Level by AR: Lower Grade  Reading Level by AR: Gr.2.1

Lexile: 440L     DRA: 20   Guided Reading Program (Fountas and Pinnell):L

  Age: 7+    UK Equivalent: Key Stage 2  

Type: Picture Book, UK Book     Genre: Inspiring Story  Theme: Creativity, Individuality

Summary:A creative spirit learns that thinking "ish-ly" is far more wonderful than "getting it right" in this gentle new fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot.

Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere.

Drawing is what Ramon does. It's what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right."

Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care. (Credits to Scholastic)

The Dot (2004)

The Dot (2004)

by Peter Reynolds

ISBN: 9781844281695
Interest Level by Scholastic: K-Grade 2  Reading Level by Scholastic: Gr.2.1
Interest Level by AR: Lower Grade  Reading Level by AR: Gr.1.9

Lexile: AD500L     DRA: 20    Guided Reading Program (Fountas and Pinnell):L   
Age: 6+    UK Equivalent: Key Stage 1-2  

Type: Picture Book, UK Book     Genre: Inspiring Story  Theme: Creativity and Imagination,Individuality

Synopsis:With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark — and follow where it takes us.
Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you." Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw; she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti's journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds's delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us. (Credits to Scholastic)

Beautiful Oops

Beautiful Oops (2010)

by Barney Saltzberg

ISBN: 9780761157281

Interest Level by Follett: K-Gr.3    Reading Level by Follett: Gr.2.6

  Age: 4+    UK Equivalent: Early Years, Key Stage 1-2

Type: Picture Book, Board Book, US Book     Genre: Inspiring Story

Synopsis: Demonstrates the many ways that torn, crinkled, and smudged bits of paper can be transformed into various shapes and images. (Credits to Follett)