The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend | TheBookSeekers

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend


School year: Year 1, Year 2

No. of pages 40

Published: 2016

Great for age 0-8 years

Add this book to your 'I want to read' list!

By clicking here you can add this book to your favourites list. If it is in your School Library it will show up on your account page in colour and you'll be able to download it from there. If it isn't in your school library it will still show up but in grey - that will tell us that maybe it is a book we should add to your school library, and will also remind you to read it if you find it somewhere else!

On one very special day an imaginary friend is born on an island far away. Here, he and his other imaginary friends play all day and each night they sit beneath the stars, hoping and waiting for their turn to be picked, to be imagined, by a real child. But this particular imaginary friend waits and waits, and still no child imagines him. So he does the unimaginable he sets off into the real world. Once there, he searches so long that he is just about to give up, when a shy, bookish girl named Alice meets him. Gradually they discover they are perfect for each other and Alice has the perfect name for her imaginary friend: Beekle.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 0-5 years.

There are 40 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2016 by Andersen Press Ltd .

Dan Santat is the Caldecott Award winning illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle . He lives in California.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Nappa Gold Award - Picture Book
This book was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Nappa Gold Award.

Caldecott Award
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children.

"A sweet, mind-bending gumdrop of a tale" * New York Times *

 

"Bursting at the seams with charm" * Huffington Post *

 

"Charming" * Guardian, The Best New Children's Books *

 

"A feel-good tale about friendship, childhood and finding your place in the world" -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller *

 

"A wonderful book about friendship, imagination and courage... This is a book to treasure, and its enduring message about friendship will not date." * Books for Keeps *