Cardboard | 
“With a little imagination, anything is possible!“
A magical story about a boy and his father who create cardboard creatures that come to life.
A magical story about a boy and his father who create cardboard creatures that come to life.
so-soThe author's inventive narrative and dynamic illustrations spark creativity and imagination in young readers.
pickI love it when my sons recommend books to me, and my nine year old insisted that I read Doug TenNapel's Cardboard. Both of my boys are fans of another of TenNapel's graphic novels, Ghostopolis, and this one similarly offered a compelling imagined world. The novel begins with a father who is out of work and can't afford a birthday gift for his son Cam. In desperation, he takes up a strange man on a strange offer: 78 cents for some cardboard. ⬇️
pickThere are only two rules: Don‘t get the Cardboard wet and Don‘t feed the Cardboard after Midnight — wait, that‘s Gremlins. But that should tell you all you need to know about dangers of the Cardboard. +11 for an #ImpulseRead #MerryReaders #WinterGames
Genre:Fiction
Author: Doug TenNaple
Date Started: 10/1/2019
Date Completed: 10/16/2019
How did you choose this book: I've seen it everywhere so I thought, why not?
Write a brief summary of the novel
Cam's father, a carpenter, wants to get a birthday present for Cam. He has been pretty broke so getting a birthday present won't be easy. He then spotted a strange man selling toys. He didn't have anything that could be afforded by him, only cardboard.
pickThis book was probably my favorite book I have read this year by far. The story is about a dad who is really broke and couldn't get a birthday present for his son so he got cardboard and it was magical. The books drawings really captured the story and emotion of the book. So overall 10/10 LETS GO
This kid is still exhausted from a sleepover he went to on Friday. He told us he went to sleep at 3 am!!! Pretty happy it took very little convincing to get him to settle in with me and read. 😍 @WanderingBookaneer is featured in this pic, but I won't tell you where!! 😜
pickGreat book!!! Did I get teary at the end? What? Nooo!!!! 😬 (background still boarded up from the storm...all is as well as it can be here)
And this is the kids #independentbookstoreday haul! Looking forward to perusing Cardboard, by the same author as Ghostopolis, about a gift of a cardboard box that comes to life.
