After the boxes are emptied, of course they need to be played with every bit as much as the things that are inside! Imaginations are ignited as castles, pirate ships and puppet theaters are cleverly designed - all with flaps to lift and enjoy.īut you're not finished yet! If you put all the boxes together you get a special flap that unfolds, like an accordion, to reveal a rocket ship! There's more you say? Yes!! A four page gatefold reveals one more surprise, followed by tired out inventors and creators asleep - in a box, could they be anywhere else you might ask? What does each box contain? A drum, a blanket, a tricycle and guess what else? - more boxes! Five flaps lift to reveal a toy mouse sleeping in a cozy little box.

Thomas, Alice, Sam and Nancy have their own private box. Best of all, and crucial for a book in which boxes are the star, there are TONS of flaps to lift and boxes to peek inside! Kids will adore the interaction that the author so brilliantly included. With Box, Flyte and Beardshaw have created a marvelous story and exploration that little readers will truly love.

Building cardboard box forts as a kid, as well as smaller cardboard box houses for dolls and toys, is such an imaginative and fun thing to do. Box, by Min Flyte, with illustrations by Rosalind Beardshow is about one of a child's ultimate toys - the amazing empty box.

Box by Min Flyte