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This book is a great tool to fit early readers. It has short sentences that are simple to read and it is also engaging by following Beekle‘s adventure to find his friend.

What a cute and colorful book to read! I was engaged the whole time and I am a adult. I will definitely be reading this in my classroom!

Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend written by Dan Santat was published in 2014, and is a wonderful book to enhance children's imaginations. Beekle steps out of his comfort zone, and sets out for an adventure to find his person. It helps give children hope that they too will find their person like Beekle had done, and that sometimes it is okay to step out of the comfort zones. This book has won the Caldecott award. Amazing book!

“The world began to feel a little less strange. And together they did the unimaginable.“

A super cute story about friendship and love. Friends make everything in life better.

A super cute story about how Beekle goes into the real world and eventually finds a friend named Alice. When Beekle first entered the real world, it felt strange. However, after finding Alice, the world became less strange. This book was a super cute story about friendship and love.

This book is all about an imaginary friend that is on an island of other imaginary friends that are waiting to be imagined by a real child. The story highlights his journey to find his perfect friend. He lands in a city that is dark and dreary and then comes upon a colorful playground. At this playground he notices other imaginary friends with their humans. He then meets his human, Alice, and she shows him a picture of both of them.

Some books I‘ve enjoyed about friends!

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A charming story with imaginative art about an imaginary friend's journey to find their friend. Lovely with themes of loneliness, bravery, hope, determination, and friendship.

Suitable for ages 4 to 8.

Little witchy illustration by Caldecott Award winning illustrator, Dan Santat (posted today on his social media). ✨⚡️

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Written And Illustrated by Dan Santat
Awards: Caldecott
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This book is a MF picture book Is about an imaginary friend who waits for a real child to choose him. After he gets passed over again and again he sets out on an adventure to find his one true friend. I believe that this book would best be used in the class as a S.
UDL: Increase Master-oriented feedback (8.4)
ESOL: 15. Reinforce the key ideas you present again and again

“His mind filled with thoughts of all amazing things that were keeping his friend from imagining him“

I would use this book in my class because the images are engaging and children would love the humor in it.

This Caldecott winner had good illustrations throughout the entire book. The detail in the pictures really helps to extend the text and they also have vibrant colors to draw in the reader's attention.

This book was one of my favorite award winners because of the very reason it won an award. This book was a Caldecott Honor Book and is well beyond deserving because the images were incredible and truly brought the text to life.

I would use this in my future classroom because the idea is beyond what children normally think of, but something that they can relate to as they may have had an imaginary friend. Also, the images are stunning and would definitely keep them engaged.

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

This book is great for a rainy day when the kids are wanting an adventure!

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

This caldecott is quite interesting. The illistrator brought together various types of art together to create such a beauty. The pictures along with the great story make for a great classroom read.

Review: The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat, 2014, is a Caldecott Award winner about an imaginary friend and his journey to find a child of his own.
Blurb: This story along with beautiful illustrations tells a very touching story about friendship, imagination, and the courage to find one's place in the world.
Quote: “But his turn never came.“

This book, a Caldecott Medal winner, is about an imaginary friend and his adventure looking for his friend in the real world like all the other imaginary friends.

I would use this book in my future classroom, because at a young age most students have their own imaginary friends. It is a very creative book and would be liked among a classroom of children.

Neither of them had made a friend before. But... after a little while they realized they were perfect together.

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend is a great F book by Dan Santat. This story shares how on a far away island an unimagined friend waits to be imagined by his one true friend. This would be a great IR book to let children‘s imagination run wild. #ucflae3414f19

This book is a Caldecott Award winner (published 2014). The book contained a message that was well thought out. I enjoyed the illustrations and the way in which the book was written very much.
Something that I really appreciated throughout the book, aside from the message and writing style, were the illustrations. I loved the color usage and the simplicity, but also complexity of some pictures.
“And together they did the unimaginable.“

“But thinking about his friend gave him the courage to journey on...”

This is an interesting twist on the imaginary friends children have—it‘s focusing on the imaginary friend instead of the real children.

A good book about finding friends

“At first, they weren't sure what to do. Neither of them had made a friend before. But... after a little while they realized they were perfect together.“

This book is so cute and had a lot of room to express emotion and evoke true feelings in a story, reminiscing about having imaginary friends. Very “out-of-the-box“ idea! I would use this book for a younger age group to show that it's normal to have imaginary friends.

Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend written by Dan Santat. Caldecott Medal. An imaginary friend who is looking for his friend in the real world and how he goes on an adventure to find her.

Illustration- The of the real world are dull and mute colors while the imagination was full of bright colors.

This would be perfect for any age group. The book is fun and imaginative.

Caldecott Medal Book. This books shows every kids imagination. All the made up creatures and colorful pictures that they believe in. The illustrations were unique because they showed the real world as being dull and grey, and the imagination as colorful.

“And together they did the unimaginable.”