The Big, Beautiful, Brown Box

by Larry Dane Brimner

The Corner Kids all have different ideas about how to use a big box, but then they find that working together is the best idea of all.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2001

About the author

Larry Dane Brimner is the recipient of the 2018 Robert F. Sibert Award for the most distinguished informational book for children for his title Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961. He is known for his well-researched, innovative, and award-winning nonfiction for young readers, and is the author of multiple acclaimed civil rights titles, including Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights; and Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor.

Reviews

[Children's Literature Project]

DRA:14

A group of three friend fnd a big brwon carton box abandoned in a empty lot. Although they are excited about the finding, they have difficulties agreeing what should be done with the box. One friend wants the box to become a fort. Another wishes it to be a race car. The third immagines the box as a fort. After arguing and pulling on the box, it tears a little. The scare of losing the box for good makes the friends reason about the best use for the box. At the end they decide to make it into a fort, since their crew really needed one. Great for teaching communication skills and team work.