The Most Magnificent Idea by Ashley Spires
Published by Kids Can Press on September 6, 2022
ISBN: 1525305042
Pages: 40
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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The unnamed girl and her pug dog sidekick return in this sequel of The Most Magnificent Thing. In this picture book, the girl is out of ideas about what to create. She tries brainstorming, gathering new supplies, even jumping up and down on one foot to shake an idea loose, all to no avail. The girl realizes with no ideas taking up space in her brain, it is filling with sad instead. Anyone in an artistic slump will be able to relate. Eventually, her neighbor’s cat repeatedly escaping gives her an idea and she is once again on a roll making magnificent things.

The expressive artwork humorously captures the emotions of the girl’s process. This book offers a terrific character education lesson in patience and perseverance. Like the The Most Magnificent Thing, which can be used for story time followed by a craft project using a variety of cardboard tubes, bottle caps, and various other recycled “trash” to have them make their own magnificent thing, this sequel could be incorporated into a similar program. Recommend for grades K-4.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library