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Wreck This Picture Book by Keri Smith invites children to explore their creativity by encouraging them to interact with the book in unconventional ways. It challenges traditional notions of preserving books, turning them into interactive canvases for artistic expression. Through playful prompts and imaginative tasks, this book inspires kids to engage actively and think outside the box.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy interactive and hands-on activities that encourage creativity and imagination. It invites you to engage with each page in a playful and unconventional way, making it perfect for children and adults who love to think outside the box and have fun with art and exploration.

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Keri Smith, creator of the mega-bestselling Wreck This Journal, now brings her imagination and inspiration to children with this picture book that explores the very active experience of reading. What if there were a book that changed every time you read it? Actually, every book does this. We are all part of the books we read, because our individual reactions, ideas, and emotions make the book whole, and these things are changing all the time. Keri Smith has helped millions of people free their creativity and find their own voice with her interactive books, and now she brings that sensibility to children and to the act of reading. This picture book is an invitation to honour your own vision and to welcome imperfection. Kids will discover that reading can engage all five senses, and that what they themselves bring to a book is an important contribution. (And of course they'll be invited to do a bit of harmless wrecking!) Praise for Keri Smith- A conceptual artist and author luring kids into questioning the world and appreciating every smell, texture and mystery in it." --TIME "Keri Smith may well be the self-help guru this DIY generation deserves." --The Believer "Not gonna lie, this is probably the coolest journal you'll ever see. . . . Wreck This Journal is here to inspire you." --BuzzFeed "Smith pushes kids (and adults) to break convention by seeing the world as inspiration, rather than simply 'things.'" --GeekDad (of The Pocket Scavenger)

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241449455

Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 November 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 271.0mm

Weight: 515g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Keri Smith is an author/illustrator turned guerilla artist. She is the author of several bestselling books about creativity, including This Is Not a Book, How to be an Explorer of the World, and Wreck this Journal. She conducts workshops based on her books, and has illustrated for various journals, including the Washington Post and the New York Times. Keri spends her days playing with her husband and son, and divides her time between western Massachusetts and the countryside of Canada.

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