Roxaboxen

AUTHOR: Alice McLerran
ILLUSTRATOR: Barbara Cooney

From the Publisher:

From two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children’s book author Alice McLerran comes Roxaboxen, a treasured story about the magic of a child’s imagination. 

Marian called it Roxaboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill—nothing but sand and rocks, and some old wooden boxes. But it was a special place. And all children needed to go there was a long stick and a soaring imagination.

Leah’s Thoughts:

The first time I read this to my boys, they ran outside the very next day and started building their own Roxaboxen town in the backyard.