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This is “The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, written and illustrated by Dan Santat. This Caldecott Medal winning MF picture book is about an imaginary creature who goes on the search for his friend. This story has stunning visuals and has a great lesson for children about courage and friendship.
Teaching Strategies: RA, LC
UDL: 3.2- Discuss relationships like the friendship between Beekle and his friend.

The sweetest MF book written by Dan Santat warms my heart as I read it! The illustrations, which one the Caldecott Award, are absolutely stunning! Belle is an imaginary friend that is waiting to be picked by a child. But as Belle waited and waited, he became impatient. Belle goes out into the real world and searches for his friend to call him an imaginary friend! This book would be great as a RA book focusing on imagination and courage as a theme

The adventures of Beekle: The unimaginary friend written and illustrated by Dan Santat. This MF book is a Caldecott award winner and an amazing read for young children. He‘s a magical creature on the search for a real friend. Teaching strategy: RA with all students. EL: Encourage self-talk (positive thinking). UDL: Highlight patterns, critical thinking, big ideas and relationships. Link to read aloud: https://youtu.be/aIM51_iCbjI #UCFLAE3414SU19

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F/ Caldecott medal winner/ GR IR
I love Santat's illustrations & kids will love the whimsical story of a friend not yet "imagined"
Students could draw versions of their own unimaginary friends, connecting reading with art
Horn book interview & the story's inspiration:
www.hbook.com/2015/07/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/profile-of-2015-caldecott-medal-winner-dan-santat
UDL 8.3
ELL broken down translations for words like 'unimaginary'
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Caldecott winner. This is a such a sweet book to have in a classroom and to read aloud. It‘s fun and ends on a happy note.

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat, 2014. This story was sweet and colorful and full of amazing illustrations that add so much to the story. It‘s about making friends and finding where you belong instead of waiting for it to come.

“Neither of them had made a friend before.”

The illustrations were excellent - transitioning between very bold colors!

The imaginary friend went and searched for a human. I loved the adventures that he went on - explaining what the “real world” was, too.

“And together they did the unimaginable.”

I really like the pictures in this book. Children will enjoy the fun images and bright colors.

The Adventures of Belle: the Unimaginary Friend is a Caldecott award winning book by Dan Santat. This book is about an imaginary friend who goes through an emotional journey while looking for his human.

“The world began to feel a little less strange.”

I loved this book! It is so wholesome and cute and I just love it. Definitely going to read to my own kids someday.

The pictures are so captivating and adorable in this book! The plot was so unique and mirrored making real life friends. I loved the uniqueness of the whole book because I‘ve never seen illustrations or read a story like that.

"Her face was friendly and familiar, and there was something about her that felt just right."

I loved the character design of beekle. He looks just like how you think an unimaginably friend would look.

Caldecott medal, 2014.
The book teaches the kids about courage and imagination through beekles journey to find his friend. Happy pictures and sad pictures are contrasted by the use of color or lack of use when beekle is sad.

This story is about a friend named Beekle who decided to travel off of his island to find his friend. He persevered through the adventure and once he found his friend they had great adventures.

This book was sweet!

Here Bleekle met his friend.

This book is about Beekle who wanted a friend. He was born on an island far away where imaginary friends were created.

“So rather than waiting... he did the unimaginable”

Fun story that pushes the imagination. Cute story about friendship.

Picturebook 2014. Story of an imaginary friend waiting to find a friend then pursues his goal and goes to find one rather than waiting. Beautiful images that are colorful and fill the page. Story about friendship and patience.

"Every night he stood under the stars, hoping for his turn to be picked by a child and given a special name."

This would be a great story for me to use with my classroom about friendship and hope. I think the children would enjoy the illustrations too.

This book was written in 2014. This is a great book for children because it describes friendship and the endless possibilities. The illustrations stand out due to the bright, colorful pages. The cover of the book draws readers in due to curiosity. The constant switch of colors fluctuate from dark and light after every turn. Page turner!

“Sometimes the best friends lie just beyond our imagination”

I loved this book!! The creativity, colors, and endless possibilities really kept me engaged and I fell in love! I think this story is almost like a rock for some children. It‘s important to understand making friends is difficult, but not impossible! This book truly brings our real world struggles and triumphs through vibrant pages!

Published in 2014. Caldecott 2015.
This book made pictures an integral part of the text by painting a picture for the reader to understand emotions and creativity. The author really put time into details in order to convey how characters are feeling.
I believe this book will also appeal to children and their lives because making friends is difficult, but this book really goes to show there is a friend for everyone!

We used gutters as book shelves in our nursery.

Unfortunately, my husband and I had to sacrifice listening to our favorite adult authors because we were on a tight schedule. However, it was worth it just to get the cutest author signature ever. #nationalbookfestival #♥️beekle

When you get asked to bring a book instead of a card to a baby shower and you say, "How am I supposed to only pick ONE book?!" Then you buy a card anyway....

I'm not good at following rules...

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend written by Dan Santat won a Caldecott Medal and is a F. This book is about an imaginary friend named Beekle, waiting to become a friend with a human. Beekle gets tired of waiting so he journeys by himself to the real world to find a friend. After a long time of searching he finally finds his human friend. This book will be a great GR. UDL 7.1, optimize individual choice and autonomy.

This F book is the winner of a Caldecott award. The theme of this book is friendship and finding where you belong. This cute little imaginary friend was waiting for his turn for a child to imagine him and summon him home. He saw his friends leave and then one day decides to find his friend. He goes on an adventure and eventually finds his friend, how he does you'll have to read and see! This would best be used in a LC.

This is an amazing addition to a classroom library! The fantastic Dan Santat wrote and illustrated this 2015 Caldecott Award winning book. This is a beautifully told fantasy story about Beekle leaving the imaginary friend island to finally find a friend/child. He explores the world and may have found somebody special! 😏

True Fact: Santat created this book as a gift to his son. Beekle was his son‘s first word when trying to pronounce bicycle.

F. S. This book was Award the 2015 Caldecott Medal. Beekle is an imaginary friend who has not been chosen by a child yet. He waits on an island wth other imaginary friends until a child chooses him; that is until, he decides to go off and find the child that would be his friend all on his own. UDL 1.1 Offer ways of customizing the display of information. http://thecorecoaches.com/2015/09/meet-beekle/. #UCFLAE3414SP18

The Adventures of Beekle is a MF book that won a Caldecott Award and would be a great read aloud or guided reading. ESOL Strategy 36 is all about asking lots of HOT questions, which would be very interesting to do with this book. UDL Strategy 2.1 would also be easily incorporated because this book used some elevated vocabulary and symbolism in the illustrations. The image I included is my favorite of the many Beekle faces! #ucflae3414sp18

Beekle by Dan Santat- Fiction
Award Won: 2015 Caldecott Medal

What a wonderful read! It is perfect for younger children as they can relate to starting new friendships no matter who it is. Beekle bring out heart felt emotions and is connecting to anyone! The visuals certainly okay a major part in the story, it adds to the tone and imagination of the students representation. #imagination #picturebooks
Www.YouTube.com/watch?v=Zc82ibP6Fy8

The Adventure of Beekle the Unimaginably Friend is the 2015 Caldecott Medal award winner. This is a story about an unimaginably friend on an adventure to find a real friend. The theme of this book is to not give up when you feel lonely and looking for a friend, they will come. In the end, they both realize they were meant to be friends with each other and their lives a lot less lonely. This book would be a great RA book. #UCFLAE3414SP18

"The real world was a strange place. No kids were eating cake. No one stopped to hear the music And everyone needed nap time."

"Sometimes the best friends lie just beyond our imagination."

Beekle doesn't really exist until someone "imagines" him

Here's my #bookhaul @MadisonCarter & @Aimeejett from the #Scholastic warehouse sale! $66 for 24 books. I saw FIVE former students; four of which were working for books and happily teaching at Cheney, Crystal Lakes and Lake Mary Elementary! Most of these will be giveaways to my spring LAE class. #ucflae3414f17

#UCFLA3414F17 The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat is a modern fantasy that has won the Caldecott Medal. It is the story about a imaginary friend that waited to be chosen by a real child and his journey to meet his perfect kid.

This F Caldecott winner is a beautiful story about Beekle the unimaginary friend, set out to find his perfect friend! This would make such a cute S! www.literaryhoots.com/2017/04/15-fun-extension-activities-for.html is full of 15 activities to be paired with this story, including drawing your own imaginary friend, scavenger hunts, and goal setting!