Carter GoodrichWe Forgot Brock!

“We Forgot Brock!” reminds us all that both imaginary friends and real friends are wonderful. Carter Goodrich has written and illustrated a charming story about Phillip, a young boy, and Brock, his imaginary friend.Like all well-meaning parents, Phillip’s parents tolerate Phillip’s relationship with Brock and “pretend” to treat him as “real”. Brock wanders away at the Big Fair and goes home with a little girl Anne and her “friend” Princess Sparkle Dust – who is also imaginary. The next day, a devastated Phillip searches for Brock and is about to give up when he locates Brock who is having fun with Anne and Princess Sparkle Dust. Introduced to each other by Brock, the two children and their “friends” become best friends.The illustrations compliment the text of “We Forgot Brock!” and add significantly to the overall appeal of the book. The real people and the real world are illustrated in color; these pictures have both depth and dimension. Brock and Princess Sparkle Dust appear drawn in crayon and are either black-and-white or purple-and-white. The drawings of these two are childlike and lack both depth and dimension. This contrast helps emphasize the reality of imaginary friends to children, but their unreal nature to adults and the real world.“We Forgot Brock!” is a fun-to-read book. It is humorous. It reminds adults that imaginary friends are real to their child companions. It reminds us that as wonderful as imaginary friends are, real friends are even better.

A fun and beautiful children's book!Carter Goodrich's newest children's book, is an evocative tale of a little boy and his imaginary friend, Brock, that starts off warm and inventive... and then suddenly becomes even more inventive, a lovely marriage of story and gorgeously illustrated pictures."Brock" has no ceiling so everyone from 4 years old and up, parents and non, will enjoy this delightfully enchanting book.

My preschool class absolutely loved this book! When it was in my library center, it was always picked up before any other titles.

My son is very imaginative and loves this books. It’s the kind of character he would invent.

My kids love this book (they are 4 and 6)! We checked it out from the school library and it was requested every night. So, we had to get it for our collection.

The story is a fun read and provides a thoughtful message. The illustrations build added layers into the story through the use of color and depictions of the family and Brock.

Such a cute and clever story. My kids and I both adore this sweet story about friendship. And the illustrations are just perfect.

Wonderful story about imaginary friends. I enjoy reading it, as much as my son enjoys listening to it. (He is four years old.) Illustrations are adorable too. We are very pleased with this purchase.

One of the most perfect books for young ones - my son and I both added this to one of our favorites and bought it for everyone we know.

book looks amazingnot sure howbut was completely bent down the middle and then across from the top left to the bottom right cornerthrew it under a 25-pound box of paper for 4 hours and the book is still bent