Explore Creativity with the Peter Reynolds Creatrilogy Box Set - Featuring Dot, Ish, and Sky Color

Dale Chimel: Nice books that have a good message.

United States on Oct 26, 2023

Amazon Customer: Wonderful stories for encouraging students to try and find their artistic passions and individual styles! A little complex for kindergarten and preK. Great for 1st-4th. After that you start hitting preteen disdain.

United States on Jan 16, 2023

Jabroni & Sons: These books are amazing. They're great books about being creative and avoiding the trap of perfectionism. They really capture how important it is to embrace the uniqueness of each individual's creative process. This message is especially important for kids growing up in the age of social media where it is easy to see their own work/ideas as being flawed just because they dont conform to what they see people posting. These books encourage kids (and adults) to accept that the creative process is all about exploring and not being discouraged by negative feedback from others or from oneself. As an artist (who has spent years nitpicking their own work) these books were a powerful reminder to embrace imperfection and to see art as a journey. They do a really wonderful job conveying the principles behind adages like "the perfect is the enemy of the good" and "excellence is not an act, but a habit". Love, love, love.

United States on Feb 10, 2022

ScotFlower: First book The Dot deals with a child who thinks they cannot draw or be an artist. The teacher encourages her in a much different approach that I expected and her artistic side flourishes. Then she encourages others.

Second book Ish deals with a child who seeks to be perfect in his drawings to not be laughed at. Since no one can perfectly capture anything in art... he gives up art altogether. Until an unlikely person encourages him to look beyond perfect to something much better.

Third book Sky Color deals with how we can be trapped into thinking of things only one way because we think that is the only right answer.... only to realize that we need to throw away those boxes and embrace something new and often times closer to reality.

I am blown away by these books. I never expected them to be so wonderful.

United States on May 03, 2020

Susan. Goodkey: I loved having all three books together for sure.

Canada on Oct 17, 2019

Amparo: Creo que The dot es la mejor, luego ish y luego Sky color. Pero las tres historias son muy bonitas. A mi hija de 10 años le encantan. Es una buena manera de animar a los niños a que hagan las cosas aunque crean que no van a salirles bien. Yo conté las historias en clase de mi hijo de 7 años. The dot les gustó. Mejor leerlas en inglés que en español, desde luego.

Spain on May 22, 2019

Justine: These books are excellent! I use them to introduce different parts of my visual arts units. They really get the students focused on the joy of creating instead of being worried about making things 'look right'.

Canada on Mar 08, 2017

Irene Siqueira: I can't say enough good things about this series. Absolutely fantasic! My 4.5 year old daughter loves art, so I really wanted to help inspire her to be creative and not worry when she makes "mistakes" as she perceives them. She seemed to really get the message of these books as we would talk about them together after reading.

Canada on Feb 13, 2015

Rebecca Broeders: All children need to be exposed to the possibilities of creativity. These books are all super examples of how to show your children the power of creativity and imagination. They remind everyone that it is okay to make mistakes, it is important to put aside self-doubt, and it is inspirational to see things in a different light and bring that light to the people around you!

Canada on Apr 11, 2014

Drew: These three books are wonderful. It is a picture book series (award-winning) aimed at 5-7 year olds. Each story is different and each inspires imagination and creativity in an enjoyable and delightfully surprising way. Ish is about a boy who loves drawing but whose brother makes fun of his drawing skills. At first the boy is depressed and gives up drawing, yet something then inspires him to get back to it, knowing that while his pictures aren't perfect, they are perfect-ish enough to continue. The Dot is about a girl who can't even draw a straight line, but her teacher slyly motivates her to give it her best shot and practice, which produces terrific results and gives the girl a chance to inspire others as well. Sky Color is about a girl (I believe it is the sister of the boy from Ish) who loves to paint but faces a challenge when she needs to paint a mural of the sky and has no blue paint. She ifnds inspiration in nature and comes up with a clever solution that her classmates marvel at. I found these all to be wonderfully written with a great message. The Dot was our favorite. If you like these books, also check out a similar book called ART by Patrick McDonnell, which we...

United States on Jan 23, 2014