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This Is Not a Book

by Jean Jullien

An object becomes a prompt for play

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AlbakiReads Editorial

An object becomes a prompt for play

Jean Jullien’s picture book turns the act of looking at a page into a game of recognition and make-believe. Images suggest familiar things—a laptop, clapping hands, a toolbox—while the book itself becomes part of the play, with pages to tilt or use as pretend props. The changing visual conceits invite children to question what an object can be and carry that imaginative approach beyond the book to everyday things. Its appeal rests on the interaction between image, page, and young reader, rather than on a conventional story unfolding from one spread to the next.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young children who enjoy picture books built around visual surprises and pretend play
  • Adults seeking an interactive book to explore together with toddlers and preschoolers

Themes

ImaginationPlaySeeing everyday objects in new ways

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Book overview

A playfully deceptive format that encourages young readers to see things differently. Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2016, Picture Books category.

This is not a book - it's a laptop, a pair of hands to clap, a toolbox! Each spread of this book is actually something else entirely, challenging young readers to see things quite differently!

Turning the page and finding a full-sized image of piano keys will invite children to swing the book on its side for imaginative play; turning the page again to find a monster with its mouth wide open will prompt children to use the book to chomp everything around them! The result stretches beyond the pages of this book, prompting readers to think creatively about other objects in their daily lives.

Ages 2-4 years
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