Got something in your life that makes you feel like you can always count on it? With that one thing you do anything and go anywhere?
For this young lady that one special thing is.... a rubber band! A rubber band you might ask? What is so special about a rubber band?
Well, for her it's amazingly special and she wants to sleep with it and eat with it and go visit animals around the world with it. She also notices that other people, her brother, her neighbor, her father, all have something really special to hold onto, too. It's just plain old amazing how magical, how powerful, how utterly reassuring these lids and rings and model cars can be.
Simply told with an eye to a long and adventurous life, this book tells a truth we can all enjoy. Turns out we all want something that will stay with us forever that can fight the bad guys and keep us company during the biggest adventures.
A lovely reassurance for our children and our inner children as we navigate the hours and days of the lives we are creating.
52 pages 978-1797214924 Ages 4 and up (many adults)
Keywords: reassurance, possibilities, dealing with feelings, dealing with emotions, Social Emotional Learning SEL, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
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An everyday object (the endlessly versatile rubber band) becomes an invitation to imagine new possibilities in the latest laugh-out-loud picture book from acclaimed author-illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake!
What can you do with a rubber band? You can do everyday things, like keep it close when you sleep or bring it along at bath time. And you can do exciting, unexpected things, like use it to bungee jump out of a plane or to grab a snack. With a special object of your very own, the possibilities are as limitless as your imagination!
Acclaimed Japanese author-illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake (The Boring Book, There Must Be More Than That!, I Can Be Anything, The I Wonder Bookstore) delivers another laugh-out-loud experience in his latest picture book. With signature humor, wit, and boundless creativity, this charming story celebrates the potential of everyday objects to become catalysts for curiosity and play, at once honoring a child's attachment to favorite objects and opening the door to a world of exciting new objects and experiences.---from the publisher
