The Imaginary
Author: A.F. Harrold
Illustrated by: Emily Gravett
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 224
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Plot Summary
The Imaginary is about an imaginary friend a little girl has. Although an imaginary friend is only a fantasy; this book portrays what real, true friendship looks like. The book takes the reader on an adventure in the world and paints vivid pictures for young readers to imagine. This book is easily relatable to young readers because numerous children have imaginary friends and also need to see what friendship really entails.
Illustrations
Emily Gravett illustrates captivating pictures throughout the novel to bring the reader deeper into the story. She starts by using a pencil to draw the characters then she does the finishing touches electronically. Most of her drawings are black and white and she uses transparency and opacity.
Content Area
This book could be used from ages 8-12. This could be used in the classroom at the beginning of the year to discuss friendship and how friendship can be hard, but having friends is always positive. This could be used in English to identify the protagonist in the story. This story is told in third person, so the teacher could teach what third person means and how to identify that when reading a novel. For older graders, the teacher could ask the students to write a short narrative from a different characters point of view and notice how the story might change from a different point of view.
I think this is a great book to use to discuss friendship. It would also be cool to have students look at this story from multiple perspectives as you said.
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