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IshA 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. Its 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

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. It¹s 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 08/19/2004
ISBN: 9780763623449
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.90h x 8.36w x 0.34d
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/15/2004 pg. 693
Publishers Weekly 10/11/2004 pg. 79
Booklist 11/01/2004 pg. 498
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2005 pg. 70
Booksense '76 Childrens Wtr 04 12/01/2004 pg. 1
School Library Journal 01/01/2005 pg. 97
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2005 pg. 49 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
School Library Journal 02/01/2017 pg. 31

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 81654 / Ish
Reading Level: 2.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5