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Imogene's Antlers by David Small
5.0
What a wonderful whimsical wistful story. I simply adore this book and I see it was a Reading Rainbow book as well. I wonder if I read this as a kid. I think I did, but I’m not sure. What a premise; one day, out of the blue, Imogene wakes up with a large rack of antlers on her head. She deals with it really well, but what I love is how the people around her deal with it. The maid has her sit down next to the stove to dry out all the towels draped over her antlers. Cracks me up. The cook loads up the antlers with donuts to go out and feed the birds. Her mother keeps fainting and then calls a milliner to create a hat for her. It looks like a giant seashell that Aphrodite would come out of the ocean in. I just love it all. The best is the next day she wakes up normal, without antlers, but then we find she has grown something else. It’s wonderful.
The thing I find especially interesting about this is that Imogene is a little girl growing antlers which male animals would have. Obviously, that doesn’t matter, but it is interesting. This book lifted my spirits and I want to own this TREASURE. I think it’s about seeing the world through different perspectives. One day, you can't be the same old person you were, you stand out and what can you learn.
The nephew loved this book. He wondered if its really possible to wake up with that. He would boss everyone around and get his way, he said, if he had that. Scary. We laughed enough to get the niece interested and she read this on her own. The nephew gave this 5 stars with me and the niece gave this 4 stars.
The thing I find especially interesting about this is that Imogene is a little girl growing antlers which male animals would have. Obviously, that doesn’t matter, but it is interesting. This book lifted my spirits and I want to own this TREASURE. I think it’s about seeing the world through different perspectives. One day, you can't be the same old person you were, you stand out and what can you learn.
The nephew loved this book. He wondered if its really possible to wake up with that. He would boss everyone around and get his way, he said, if he had that. Scary. We laughed enough to get the niece interested and she read this on her own. The nephew gave this 5 stars with me and the niece gave this 4 stars.