Maggie and Wendel: Imagine Everything!

by Cori Doerrfeld, Cori Doerrfeld (Illustrator)

Overview

In this charming picture book, brother and sister elephants come together for an afternoon of epic adventures as they let their big imaginations take them to the wildest of places!

When it comes to playtime, Maggie and Wendel’s imaginations are limitless. Whether the elephant siblings are pretending to rescue a pal from a burning building, buying a pet dragon at the pet store, or going on a wild jungle safari, no adventure is too far-fetched.

Perfect for young siblings of any age, this beautifully illustrated story with minimal text will enchant young readers and show every brother and sister that, with a little imagination, it is possible to get along.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481439756
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	03/22/2016
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD220L (what's this?)
File size:	32 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Cori Doerrfeld received her undergraduate degree in Studio Art from St. Olaf College and her Post Baccalaureate from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with her husband and two children.

Editorial Reviews

"A playful addition to the siblings-at-play shelf."

Kirkus Reviews

"A clever story that shows that with a little imagination it’s easy to have fun."

School Library Journal

*“Doerrfeld [focuses] on the interplay between two vividly drawn personalities and powerful imaginations—and the results are fresh and fun.

STARRED REVIEW Publishers Weekly

2015-11-25
Two anthropomorphized elephants play pretend in three minichapters. "Wee-ooo! Wee-ooo!" Wendel, a toddler-sized elephant, wields his toy firetruck's hose and knocks down his big sister's building-block creations. Maggie's angry, but noticing that her anger distresses him, she calls out for help—inviting firefighter Wendel to save the day. Where the living room had a blank white background, the fantasy firefighting scene has a black background, a brick building, rising flames, and water gushing from the hose. Doerrfeld uses the same thick-lined drawings in the real-world settings and the imagination settings, but in the fantasy scenes, the backgrounds are dark, simultaneously more ominous and more whimsical than the real world, and more colors appear. In the second story, pet-shop proprietor Maggie tries to satisfy picky customer Wendel; both the chosen pet and the rejected ones come to amusing, expressive life in the fantasy scene. The third story begins in a fantasy setting: Maggie's rescuing Wendel from a cave-prison, in some sort of jungle with a red ocean. Suddenly the scene toggles back to their real-life dining room and living room, where their mom's observing the havoc wreaked by the game. Will she scold? Nope—she sets sail with them in their steampunk water-to-air ship. Text is minimal throughout, and even speech bubbles sometimes contain symbols (a dollar sign; a sea monster) rather than words. A playful addition to the siblings-at-play shelf. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews