Ish
Hardcover – Picture Book, August 19, 2004
Candlewick Press · Hardcover · August 19, 2004
A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot.
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- Who it’s for
- A gentle fable about the pleasure of creating without getting everything exactly right.
- Themes
- Creativity, Self-expression, Letting go of perfectionism
- Genres
- Art & Architecture, Self-Esteem & Resilience, Family Stories
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A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot. Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere. Drawing is what Ramon does. It's what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles.
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Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.
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A gentle fable about the pleasure of creating without getting everything exactly right.
Come here for
- A warm nudge toward creative confidence
- The small, freeing idea that “ish” can be enough
Expect
- A spare, parable-like story
- A tender look at how words can affect creative joy
Where it sits
| Self-Esteem & Resilience | 83% |
|---|---|
| Art & Architecture | 59% |
| Family Stories | 36% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Art & Architecture
- School Stories
- Self-Esteem & Resilience
- Authors
- Peter H. Reynolds
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- August 19, 2004
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Creativity · Self-expression · Letting go of perfectionism
- Reading lane
- Art & Architecture