Not A Box is my favorite non-toy toy book. It’s about a clever rabbit that thinks of the different ways to play with a box. He pretends it’s a racecar, a mountain, and an elephant. The book even looks like a cardboard box, and the story and pictures are fun. Not A Box is written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis.
The story Penguin, written and illustrated by Polly Dunbar, is about a boy who receives a toy penguin as a gift. He wants the penguin to play with him and talk to him, but the penguin just stares and says nothing at all. The boy even tries to blast the penguin off into outer space, that didn’t work either. Finally he throws a tantrum and something happens!
Too Many Toys are three words I’m starting to hear from my Rah-Rah and Da-Da, and the boy in the story is experiencing the same thing. He has a ton of toys that he’s not ready to part with, even if he doesn’t play with them anymore, he might someday. Playing with toys and non-toy toys alike, is what I like to do too. In fact, I like to think of it like my job. And I like to be too busy while I work!
