Reviewed by Susan Hancy
Henry
is bored and everyone in his family is too busy for him. When he tries to get
Mum’s attention, she has a fabulous suggestion for him: draw a picture of the
most amazing thing. That’s before she promptly shuts the door to her study
with a “do not disturb” sign.
Henry
can’t imagine what the most amazing thing could be, but in trying to
find it – depicted in the superb illustrations by Matt Shanks that add extra
layers to the story – Henry’s imagination runs wild. Some of the pictures had
my kids laughing out loud and others included intriguing details that prompted
a myriad of suggestions from them for what the most amazing thing was
going to be.
The
narrative nicely links possibilities of what the most amazing thing could
be to the various hobbies of Dad, big sister and big brother and gets the
reader thinking: is it life, the human mind or the universe? The answer is none
of these. It’s something even more marvellous!
My
only disappointment from this otherwise gem of a book is that Mum tells Henry
the answer instead of him realising it for himself.
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