The Adventure of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Author: Dan Santat
Illustrator: Dan Santat
Grade Level: 1-5
Genre: Fiction
Awards: Caldecott Medal
Summary: This tells the story of an unimagined friend. As this character waits to be imagined, he sees that most of his other friends have been imagined. He is soon left unimagined. He decides to search for his friend. As he enters the world, no one takes notice to him. He is invisible. As he waits in a tree, a young girl approaches him. The fact that she can see him means she has imagined him. They soon become friends and she gives him the name Beekle. At the end, the two are shown enjoying life together as friends
Evaluation: This was the cutest book! It brought back so many memories from my own childhood. I connected closely with this book. Even though most middle school students no longer have imaginary friends, most of them had one at one time. I think they would enjoy the story and the illustrations. This is definitely a book I will use in my classroom.
The age appropriateness is between first and fifth grade. The words used are easy to read and understand. There didn't seem to be any vocabulary words that might be unfamiliar to younger students.
I would use this book for a creative writing activity. I would read the story to the class and have them write their own story explaining what might happen to imagined friends once their "imaginer" is older.
Summary: This tells the story of an unimagined friend. As this character waits to be imagined, he sees that most of his other friends have been imagined. He is soon left unimagined. He decides to search for his friend. As he enters the world, no one takes notice to him. He is invisible. As he waits in a tree, a young girl approaches him. The fact that she can see him means she has imagined him. They soon become friends and she gives him the name Beekle. At the end, the two are shown enjoying life together as friends
Evaluation: This was the cutest book! It brought back so many memories from my own childhood. I connected closely with this book. Even though most middle school students no longer have imaginary friends, most of them had one at one time. I think they would enjoy the story and the illustrations. This is definitely a book I will use in my classroom.
The age appropriateness is between first and fifth grade. The words used are easy to read and understand. There didn't seem to be any vocabulary words that might be unfamiliar to younger students.
I would use this book for a creative writing activity. I would read the story to the class and have them write their own story explaining what might happen to imagined friends once their "imaginer" is older.
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