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Ish

Name: Ish
ISBN: 9780763623449

Hardcover – Picture Book, August 19, 2004

Peter H. Reynolds

Candlewick Press · Hardcover · August 19, 2004

Reading lane: Values & Virtues

A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot .

Values & Virtues Big Feelings Self-Esteem & Resilience school

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A gentle fable about the pleasure of creating without getting everything exactly right.

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A warm nudge toward creative confidence
The small, freeing idea that “ish” can be enough

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A spare, parable-like story
A tender look at how words can affect creative joy

Book Details

Authors: Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: August 19, 2004
Format: Hardcover
Theme: Values & Virtues · Big Feelings
Reading lane: Values & Virtues

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Art & Architecture
School Stories
Self-Esteem & Resilience

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A creative spirit learns that thinking “ish-ly” is far more wonderful than “getting it right” in this gentle fable from the creator of the award-winning picture book The Dot . Ramon loved to draw. Anytime. Anything. Anywhere. Drawing is what Ramon does. It's what makes him happy. But in one split second, all that changes. A single reckless remark by Ramon's older brother, Leon, turns Ramon's carefree sketches into joyless struggles. Luckily for Ramon, though, his little sister, Marisol, sees the world differently. She opens his eyes to something a lot more valuable than getting things just "right." Combining the spareness of fable with the potency of parable, Peter Reynolds shines a bright beam of light on the need to kindle and tend our creative flames with care.