Imagine a Day

Imagine a Day by Sarah L. Thomson, paintings by Rob Gonsalves, 2005. This book celebrates the power of imagination and invites readers to use their imaginations, envisioning things that are impossible but amazing! There isn’t exactly a story to the book. Each page poses something for readers to imagine with an accompanying picture where the shifts from the real world to the imaginary or impossible one are shown. Each of the illustrations is surreal, with perspective changes from the real to the unreal. The book invites readers to imagine powerful and amazing things, like “when grace and daring are all we need to build a bridge”, “when you forget how to fall”, “when we build a moat not to keep strangers out, but to welcome them in”, “when everything you build touches the sky”, “when you build the world around you piece by piece”, or “when the edge of the map is only the beginning of what we can explore.” All of this amazing things are things that could happen on a wonderful day! Just…