Too Much Imagination
A family-created picture book about imagination, chores and things in the dark
Imagination is a good thing, right? Unless it keeps turning chores into monsters.
Amelie has one job to do, but her imagination keeps getting in the way.
Shadows become suspicious. The garage feels too dark. Something might be under the car. Too Much Imagination is a gently spooky picture book about fear, chores and learning that imagination can be both wonderful and wildly inconvenient.
Things You'll Love
- Too much imagination
- Gentle monster story
- Chores at bedtime
- Fear of the dark
- Family collaboration
- Covid lockdown writing prompt
- Child co-authors
- Creative family project
Behind the Story
Too Much Imagination was inspired by both of Renee’s children during Covid lockdown.
Renee’s son had a writing assignment with the prompt “In The Darkness”. Renee, her son and her daughter all decided to write stories inspired by the prompt, and all three stories are included in this book.
Renee’s story was inspired by her daughter, who was scared of the dark. Her one chore was to clean the kitty litter and put it in the bin. The bin was in the garage, accessible from inside the house, but she always needed help turning on the garage light before going in. Renee used that real moment as the basis for the story, then wondered what might happen if something really was under the car, while still keeping it safe enough not to truly frighten her.
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About the Author
Renee Conoulty writes warm, funny and accessible books. Too Much Imagination was created with Tom and Molly Conoulty as a family writing project.
Title: Too Much Imagination
Author: Renee, Tom & Molly Conoulty
Series / Collection: Standalone
Genre: Children’s Picture Book / Imagination / Family Collaboration
Reader Appeal: Too much imagination, Gentle monster story, Chores at bedtime, Fear of the dark, Family collaboration
Target Audience: children / families / creative children / readers who like imagination and gentle monster stories
Availability: Available via Amazon and other retailers.
ASIN: B08GXYP775
Books2Read: https://books2read.com/TMI
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Summary for Search: Too Much Imagination is a family-created picture book by Renee, Tom and Molly Conoulty about imagination, chores, fear of the dark and a lockdown writing prompt called In The Darkness.