Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis

This book is simple and to the point but soooooo great! This is a book about the different and imaginative uses for a stick. The illustrations show what the stick could be and within the imaginative figure the stick is visible. By doing this the children can see how someone would imagine the stick being used in that way. The cover even looks like a piece of wood!
The reason I really liked this book was the idea behind it. The idea that we can think outside of the box and not be constrained by what others perceive as being right or correct. I liked this book so much that I used it in a brainstorming activity for a class. I read the book and then had the student I was working with do the same thing that the character in the book did, think of different uses for everyday , ordinary objects. When I have my own classroom I would read this book to a class when brainstorming ideas for a new writing project.