We Forgot Brock!

Good conclusion. Cute epilogue. Interesting that Dad is so 'buttoned-up' that he wears a necktie even to watch tv or visit the fair. I wish more had been done from the boy's pov in the middle. And I really wish the imaginary friends weren't over-the-top macho and girly stereotypes. If I ever see this theme portrayed better, I'll knock a star off this attempt.

Perfectly captures the imagination and the level of detail that kids put into their fantasy creations and is a delightful story about the power of creating stories.

We Forgot Brock! is written and beautifully illustrated by Carter Goodrich. This book shows a boy named Phillip and his best friend Brock. They do everything together. Life is perfect for them two. Except no one believes Brock exist because he's imaginary. This creates a huge problem one night while at the fair, when Brock is forgotten. While Phillip is on a desperate hunt to find his best friend, Brock is becoming friends with a little girl named Anne and her imaginary friend, Princess Sparkle. All ends well when Brock and Phillip are reunited and they now have two more friends. This is an extremely cute story that shows the importance of the friends children have, even if they happen to be imaginary.

Philip and his imaginary friend Brock have an active social life. No one else can see Brock, but Philip doesn't mind. One day they go to the fair and Brock gets left behind. As Philip looks for Brock and Brock looks for Philip, they discover additional friends along the way. This is a very cute story and anyone with an imaginary friend will take to it quickly. The illustrator uses a different style of illustration to draw Brock and another imaginary friend, which makes the images more engaging along the way.

This book is for the emergent or beginning reader. It would be a great tool to help children explore their imaginations and teach character development. In the story a little boy can not seem to find his imaginary friend, but when he tries to get help no one believes him and think he is crazy. Along his journey to find his imaginary friend he meets a new friend and realizes that maybe having real friends is not so bad.

Phillip’s best friend is Brock. No one else can see him. They call him Phillip’s imaginary friend. One day they go to the fair and Brock rides on the rides with Phillip. When Phillip goes to get some cotton candy Brock rides other rides. Brock gets sleepy and falls asleep in his father’s arms. They leave the fair, leaving Brock behind. Brock realizes Phillip is gone and begins to cry. He gets on the Ferris Wheel to get a better look and can’t find him. A young girl and her imaginary friend Princess Sparkle-Dust invite him home with them. Eventually they run into Phillip. Now when Phillip and Brock play with Anne and Princess Sparkle-Dust everyone thinks they are talking to each other.

Philip and Brock are best friends. They spend their days goofing around together and having fun. The only problem is that Philip's parents are unable to see Brock because he is "imaginary", whatever that means!

A story of a boys imagination and his imaginary friend unfolds through typical friendship fun, the county far, dinner time and much more! Brock, Philips imaginary friend, is only seen by Philip himself. His parents have a hard time understanding the friendship that they have because they believe that Brock is only imaginary. This maybe true, but as adults we tend to forget what it is like to use our imagination. One day, Brock, Philip, and Philip's parents go to the county fair. There, he and Brock ride the Tilt-A-Whirl, show more merry-go-round, bumper cars and they even have candy. Well just Philip, because Brock only likes "beans and spaghetti". By the time they are all done having their fun,Philip becomes sleep. Unaware of Brock "sneaking" off to the Brain Shaker (which he "talked" about riding on the way to the fair), Philips parents load sleeping Philip into the car and go home. When they arrive Philip wakes up to see that Brock is no where insight and he becomes very upset. Brock too realizes that Philip is no where in sight at the fair and as he was about to give up, he befriends a little girl (Anne) and her imaginary friend (Princess Sparkle Dust ). The next day, Philip searches for Brock but he is unable to be found because he is at the home of his friends from the fair, but Philip doesn't give up. On another day of searching, Philip spots Brock! They are reunited and Philip is introduced to Anne and Princess Sparkle Dust. Days past and they all become the best of friends and everything seems even better than before, at least to Philips parent.

Regarding educating children, this book is one that can be used when it comes to teaching kids to use their imagination which can become beneficial in all subject ares. For example, free writing and even a project that is outside of the norm. Also, this book could not only be used to educate children but parents and teachers as well. As aforementioned, as we grow up we tend to forget what it means to use our imagination, and if we cant use our imagination then how can we teach children the importance of imagination? We cant! and this book teaches us just that.All in all, this story was a great eye opener and allowed me to sit back and reflect on ways that I can be more sympathetic to my students when it comes to things such as an imaginary friend! show less