What if anything you imagined could become real? What would you choose? This week fourth graders are discussing The Imagination Box by British author Martyn Ford. Readers will appreciate the mysterious plot full of red herrings, deceitful adults, and narrow escapes.
It all starts when Professor Eisenstone, scientist and inventor, creates a box that's supposed to turn whatever you imagine into reality. There's only one problem: he can't get it to work. Until Tim shows up. An orphan with an especially keen imagination, Tim brings to life Phil, an eloquent finger monkey with a dry sense of humor.
Tim and Professor Eisenstone work in secret to master the powerful contraption. But when Eisenstone is kidnapped, Tim, Phil, and the professor's granddaughter, Dee, must find the culprits before it's too late. Creating a miniature monkey is all well and good. But in order to resc
ue his friend, Tim will have to face his darkest fears and unleash the true potential of his own mind. He might even come to realize that we should all "be careful what we wish for."Discussion questions related to The Imagination Box can be found here. Be sure to visit the Grade 4 page for links to more book-related information. And, if you like this story, you will soon be able to read the sequel entitled The Imagination Box: Beyond Infinity and the last book in the trilogy entitled The Imagination Box: A Mind of Its Own.
Happy reading!
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