Poignant. A bit like the lovely [b:The Dot|825377|The Dot|Peter H. Reynolds|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363702319s/825377.jpg|2919579] by [a:Peter H. Reynolds|198837|Peter H. Reynolds|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1272901481p2/198837.jpg]. A tiny bit like the hilarious and charming [b:Press Here|9677870|Press Here|Hervé Tullet|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327934372s/9677870.jpg|14565750] by [a:Hervé Tullet|339632|Hervé Tullet|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1391011627p2/339632.jpg].

But, as a blurb notes, it's also like [b:The Giving Tree|370493|The Giving Tree|Shel Silverstein|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1174210942s/370493.jpg|30530]. Now, that last one isn't high praise. I'm in the camp that feels just a bit 'unsettled' by both books. I definitely empathize with folks who are creeped out by them.

Otoh, it's clever, with good intentions, and hits my buttons. I do truly believe it gets the four stars I gave it. If your library system has a copy, I encourage you to check for yourself. ( )

This is short story about a young boy who drew a stick kid on a blank piece of paper. Before he knew it the stick kid could move and talk of things he never thought he could do. The young boy continued drawing things for this stick kid. He drew a family, roads, and mountains. Once the stick kid was no longer on that blank sheet of paper, he discovered a love he never knew. He loved his creator and he loved his stick family. This rhyming book shows a lot of creativity and can show kids how to be creative. ( )

Stick kid is a book about a person drawing a stick kid that once he was complete kind of came to life in the person's point of view. The stick kid wanted to be turned upside down, wanted friends, and a zoo. The person draws all of the stuff the stick kid wants but the stick kids keeps growing into an adult and it drives away and when he comes back he is a stick man and has a family. It starts out as a stick kid and then grows up and comes back because it will always be the stick kid to the person that drew him.

I thought that the book was cute. I think that it is a good picture book. It is kind of simple.

Some classroom extension ideas are for the students to draw their own stick kid and then compare to how the children think their stick kid is different than one anothers.