A small boy, bored with all his toys, suddenly notices a trapdoor in the ceiling that can be reached by climbing the ladder of his toy fire engine. Once up in the attic he finds a window that opens many other windows, entering a world where anything might happen, and he meets a very special friend.

An ode to the power of imagination, for all ages.  Two of the pictures, the garden, and the surreal windows, I want as posters. ( )

Abrí una ventana que abría otras ventanas... Salí a buscar con quién compartir lo que había encontrado y encontré un amigo. Mi amigo y yo descubrimos un juego que podía durar para siempre porque cambiaba todo el tiempo.

This is a beautifully illustrated children's book about a little boy who is bored with his toys until he discovers the magic ladder on his firetruck. Wonderful story about the importance of imagination.

I think art responses to this book would be appropriate for almost any age.

With preschoolers I would use list-making. ( )

To tell the truth, I'm not sure what I think about this book.

The message - imagination keeps you from being bored - is a good one, and the story is interesting, and the artwork is just fine, but for some reason it's not adding up in my head as a keeper book. I might pass this off to my nieces' school. ( )