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In this post, you will find our book review of ‘The Most Magnificent Thing’. The book encourages a child’s imagination as the girl builds and tinkers and hammers.  

What is this book about?

The Most Magnificent Thing written and illustrated by Ashley Spires. It is an adorable book about a young girl and her best friend, which is her dog.  She wants to create the MOST “magnificent thing” and knows exactly what she wants it to do.  

The girl and her dog get to work but she quickly realizes her project isn’t as easy as she anticipated.  She tries multiple times and fails.  Eventually she gets MAD and decides to quit.  Her dog convinces her to take a walk. She returns to her project with a fresh outlook and enthusiasm.

What did you like about this book?

We loved many things about this book:

• The illustrations in this book are visual for children to understand the story and advance their vocabulary.  
• The book encourages a child’s imagination as the girl builds and tinkers and hammers.  
• Most importantly, it helps children understand how to deal with feelings and that it’s okay to make mistakes.
• Children learn lessons in trial and error, the concept of a prototype, and also experimentation.
• This book provides great examples and parallels to use for children in school. If your child is getting frustrated with math homework, they might need a break. Encourage them to come back to the problem later.

We’ve personally added this book to our library and LOVE it.  We’ve had it for over 2 years now. It is a book that is constantly pulled from the shelf at story time.  You won’t regret picking this one up to read to your children.

If you would like to purchase this book, you can use this link.

Have you read this book to your children?  What do you like most?  Let me know in the comments below!

-Kristen