The Adventures of Beekle:
The Unimaginary Friend
Meet Beekle
Beekle is an unimaginary friend who is waiting for a child to imagine him. He waits and waits in the land of imaginary friends, but still no one imagines him and brings him to the real world. So he does the unimaginable... Beekle travels to the real world in search of a friend to call his own (Santat, 2014).
Literary Elements
Physical Features
Visual Elements
Artistic Style
Artistic Media
Elements of Illustration
Interplay of Text and Illustration
The End
Citation References
Harmon, J & Martinez, M . (2012) Picture/Text Relationships: An Investigation of Literary Elements in Picturebooks, Literacy Research and Instruction
Reaner, J. (2014, January 27). The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend [Review]. Publishers Weekly.
Robin, B. (2014). A Pen & Oink interview with Dan Santat: The making of Beekle. Retrieved September 20, 2016, from https://penandoink.com/2014/08/25/a-pen-oink-interview-with-dan-santat-the-making-of-beekle /
Santat, B. D. (n.d.). LB Kids. Retrieved September 17, 2016, from http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dan-santat/the-adventures-of-beekle-the-unimaginary-friend/9780316199988/
Santat, D. (2014). The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat on iBooks. Retrieved September 17, 2016, from https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/adventures-beekle-unimaginary/id824238724?mt=11
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat. (2015). Retrieved September 20, 2016, from https://picturethisbook.com/2015/05/14/the-adventures-of-beekle
The 2015 Caldecott, “Beekle”. (n.d.). Retrieved September 17, 2016, from http://picturebookbuilders.com/2015/02/the-2015-caldecott-beekle