Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran, Barbara Cooney

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. This picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. Marian called it Roxboxen. 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. "A celebration of the transforming magic of the imagination. An original." --ALA Booklist Alice McLerran was an Army brat and moved every year or so -- from Hawaii to Germany, from New York to Ecuador.  She still leads a gypsy life, traveling the world with her physicist husband and dividing time between their home in New York and their dacha in the mountains of