[Pet Health Admin]

A box is just a box . . . unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.
Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real—when the imagination takes over and inside a cardboard box, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

Customer Review: Awesome!
Antoinette Portis, Not a Box (Harper, 2006) If you have a kid-- or a pet-- or you were a kid (--or a pet)-- who would get all the cool toys for Christmas and then end up playing with the box, this is a book for you. It's about a rabbit, and a box. A box that's not a box. It's a lot of things, but it's not a box. It's exceptionally simple. You'd read it to an infant, maybe a young toddler. But after the kids outgrow it, you will return to it again and again, because it's got the simple charm the marks all the enduring kids' books, as well as the kind of quick, rhythmic vocabulary that will stay with you for years after only a few readings. This is great-- even if you don't have kids, you want it. ****
Customer Review: Great books from grandma
My granddaughter loves this book - preferably 'reading' it herself to anyone who will listen. Her favorite line is 'not a box'. And I love the book because it reminds me that I too once used boxes for boats, airplanes and spaceships.


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