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Do your children complain about being bored? Would you like them to learn the power of imagination? CK Gregory’s book Mr. Sunnyside – Imagination might be just what they need.
What I am Reviewing
CK Gregory’s family is Canadian hailing from Quebec and Ontario. In Mr. Sunnyside, Imagination Mr. Gregory encourages children to explore their imagination. Published by Gatekeeper press, this review copy was forwarded by Ascot Media Group. This picture book is geared toward young children up to 11 years of age (though I think it’s better suited to up to about 5). 34 pages long with illustrator Stephanie Richoll bringing CK Gregory’s imagination to life.
Looking Deeper in the Mr. Sunnyside, Imagination
Stephanie Richoll does an excellent job of bringing Mr. Sunnyside – Imagination! to life. She starts this 34 page book off in grey scale. It fits because the day has a rather blah start to it. A boy with nothing to do after recovering from illness. Mom says No to outside play in the rain.
As the story progresses you’ll see the greyscale turn to full colour. It was rather neat to see the progression.
The text is large and easy to read, written conversationally. Easy to follow, at times a bit repetitive. It didn’t always sound realistic, but more like an adult trying to sound like a child.
Should it be on your shelves
Mr. Sunnyside Imagination just doesn’t have enough to it to be a store purchase. It would be one to happily pick up from the library or a yard sale.
Why? It just doesn’t have enough to it. We get a lad who has plenty of toys to play with but doesn’t want to. An ‘egg’ shows up that says “toys are meant to be played with” and “use your imagination” and that’s the summation of the story.
We don’t see him really using his imagination beyond that he can see an egg that no one else can and pretends to go flying for just a moment. The lack of depth had me wondering what the point of this book was. I guess I just wanted more and there are books out there that give the more.
Too bad – this one seemed to have a lot of potential.
yes, I thought so too