Not a Box

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A 2026 Phoenix Picture Book Award Winner!

Don't miss this wholly original celebration of the power of imagination, winner of a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This picture book with its visual humor and simple dialogue is great for fans of Mo Willems and Crockett Johnson--and it's a thoughtful graduation gift for creative people of all ages.

A box is just a box...unless it's not a box. From mountain to rocket ship, a small rabbit shows that a box will go as far as the imagination allows.

Inspired by a memory of sitting in a box on her driveway with her sister, Antoinette Portis captures the thrill when pretend feels so real that it actually becomes real--when the imagination takes over inside a cardboard box, and through play, a child is transported to a world where anything is possible.

After reading this book aloud, continue the fun by drawing shapes like a triangle or circle, and asking your child what the triangle is NOT!

Author: Antoinette Portis
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 12/12/2006
Series: Not a Box
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.43h x 9.09w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780061123221


Award: 2007 Geisel Medal (Dr. Seuss) Honor Book - Children's Literature
Award: 2009 Georgia Children's Book Award Nominee - Picture Storybook
Award: 2009 Nevada Young Readers' Award Nominee - Picture Book
Award: 2008 Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award Nominee - Picture Book