Magic Box - Katie Cleminson

Published: 2009
for: Ages 3-7
Hyperion Books for Children
Rating: 4
$15.99
Endpapers: Blue and red splatters washed across the top of page, musical score with rabbits instead of notes across the bottom.

This UK artist has created a simple story of an imaginative young girl. It's the glorious illustrations that I loved about this book. It's mostly black and white, with the exception of faint red shadings on Eva's shirt -- and bold splotches and droplets of oranges, reds, and blues sweeping across the background of each page.

For her birthday, Eva receives a box that contains Monty, a big white bear. But abracadabra, with a flick of a wand she creates floating rabbits, delicious food, and magical music to dance to.

Great fun!