This book is about Stuart who worries a lot about school and making friends, but finds a magic cape that shows him his powers. This book is a good example of fantasy because capes that can make someone fly are not real.

Whimsical and a little weird. Certainly Stuart doesn't 'really' teach a dinosaur, a gorilla, and a horse how to 'play Stuart' - but who wants to be limited to 'really' anyway? Very early chapter book or advanced Early Reader.

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Reread because I remembered this not at all. Imo, it's too surreal to be one of my favorites. Not like [b:Clementine|517344|Clementine (Clementine, #1)|Sara Pennypacker|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1422763290s/517344.jpg|505277] at all. And I'm really having trouble thinking of this kid being simultaneously 1. worried and 2. in need of an adventure. I bet there are kids like that out there, but I never knew them. ( )

Eight-year-old Stuart is new in the neighborhood and anxious about starting a new school. On a boring, rainy day, he longs for adventure and finds it when he creates a superhero cape out of neckties. He meets a talking dinosaur, horse and gorilla; flies around the sky; and plants toast. He later befriends the local trashman upon discovering a mutual appreciation for junk. Slight fluff, so forgettable I had to read it 3 times.

Stuart is a worried when he moves to a new town. He has to go to a new school,meet new friends and much more.He had lots of treasures ,that was mistaked for trash.Then he was bored and worried.He realized that all the time superheroes have an adventure they have capes!He made a cape that gave him adventures.With talikng animals,plants growing at fast speeds,people flying and much more. ( )

Genre: Fantasy

Critique: This is an excellent example of a fantasy book because it delves into the imaginary world of a little boy who is bored and finds a magical cape, an unrealistic circumstance, and the author makes is believeable

Summary: Stuart has just moved to a new town, where he is bored and cold and adventureless. All of that changes when he finds a magical cape.

Point of View: The story is told from the point of view of the little boy Stuart. This gives the reader a greater understanding and sympathy for Stuart and the situation he is in, as well as a greater connection with Stuart as a character once he discovers the cape

Media: It doesn't say, but maybe pen and watercolors ( )