Tips for using Not A Box with children:
Draw some squares on blank sheets of paper. Encourage children to draw around the boxes and create their own ‘Not-a-Box’ illustrations.
Read this book in tandem with Crockett Johnson’s Harold and the Purple Crayon. Discuss the similarities between the two books, including the use of imagination. What does Harold imagine? What does the bunny imagine?
Tips for using Not A Box with families:
Take a large packing box and take turns seeing how many different things everyone can pretend it is! How many ideas can everyone come up with?