The Think-Ups! is a charming picture book by children’s author and illustrator Claire Alexander, with innovative half-cut pages. This is a celebration of imaginary play, so perfect for rainy days. The cut pages work like flaps to lift, leading to to funny surprises at every turn. Sisters Anna and Kiki think up octopi, a moose, nine hungry koalas. They appear! But they start to take up quite a lot of space in the house…
A deftly executed homage to the power children possess to imagine away a dreary day.
— Kirkus
Claire follows her popular Ploofers series – A Little Bit Different and A Little Bit of Courage (Quarto) with this imaginative book about two sisters. This time, a book rooted in childhood and the everyday, and the power of imagination.
The Think-Ups is published by Walker Books in the UK, and Candlewick in North America in 2022.