The Most Magnificent Thing

2016, Virginia Readers Choice Award, Nominee2015, Black-Eyed Susan Award, Nominee2015, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Recommended2014, Buckaroo Book Award, Nominee2015, Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children, Recommended Award-winning author and illustrator Ashley Spires has created a charming picture book about an unnamed girl and her very best friend, who happens to be a dog. The girl has a wonderful idea. "She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing! She knows just how it will look. She knows just how it will work. All she has to do is make it, and she makes things all the time. Easy-peasy!" But making her magnificent thing is anything but easy, and the girl tries and fails, repeatedly. Eventually, the girl gets really, really mad. She is so mad, in fact, that she quits. But after her dog convinces her to take a walk, she comes back to her project with renewed enthusiasm and manages to get it just right.For the early grades' explorat