↳ RAISE THE FUTURE
The Dot
by Peter H. Reynolds
She says she can't draw. Her teacher says: just make a mark.
For you if
your child has decided they can't make art and needs someone to hand them a marker and say just make a mark
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Vashti says she can't draw. Her teacher tells her to just make a mark and see where it goes. She makes a dot. One dot becomes many dots, which become a whole world of art. Reynolds wrote this after his brother told him about a teacher who changed his life with a single encouraging sentence. The book is about creative courage — the willingness to begin when you're not sure you can. The dot is also about teaching: what it means to believe in someone before they believe in themselves. The picture book that has launched more children into making things than perhaps any other.
