The Dot

ISBN-13:	9780763619619
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	09/15/2003
Series:	Creatrilogy Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	24,119
Product dimensions:	8.42(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	AD500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark — and follow where it takes us.Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can’t draw - she’s no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. "There!" she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery. That special moment is the core of Peter H. Reynolds’s delicate fable about the creative spirit in all of us.