The Most Magnificent Thing
Ashley Spires
Kids Can Press
Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book
Themes: Canids, Girl Power
****+
Description
An inventive girl decides to build the Most Magnificent Thing she's ever built... but it keeps coming out wrong.
Review
This is perhaps the perfect examination of the creative process for anyone, young or old. Despite extensive plans and experience, the unnamed girl's project refuses to cooperate - making her increasingly upset that nobody else can see the wonderful vision in her mind. But all creativity is ultimately a compromise between dream and reality, intent and execution. The pictures are fun and tell the story well.