The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires is a children's book about a girl with an imagination and teaches about the importance of never giving up on yourself.

A girl has a vision of creating something magnificent. She starts building things with her little dog assistant. As she builds one thing after another, she isn't happy with any of her new creations. They just didn't come out like she imagined they would. Disgusted, she walks away from all of her creations to take her dog for a walk and finally she realizes that there's something great about each and every one of them.

Children will stay engaged with the story while viewing and enjoying the colorful illustrations on a black and white background. The author does an amazing job with teaching children about the emotions that we feel and how sometimes it's good to take a break and rehash it at a later time. I love the message that it sends and think every child should read it. This is a perfect character building book for schools and even for reading with a child.

I'd like to thank Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for sharing this book with me.

5*****

This is another book I received through NetGalley to share with our 4 year old granddaughter. As soon as I opened the book on the computer she exclaimed: "We have this book at school!"

This tells the story of a little girl who likes to invent things. Her little dog is her companion/assistant. She works and works but her attempts don't achieve what she wants. Then she gets frustrated and angry. But she returns to the project and produces something that is magnificent for her situation.

I was a little concerned about the anger expressed by the child but it was shown as a natural event of frustration and the author explained how she was able to step away and release the anger to come back to the project. I was also concerned about the trail of projects left on the sidewalk but it was cute how the author dealt with those.

The illustrations are wonderful and the cute story kept her attention all the way through. I recommend this with the side note that the parent or adult can explain the situations to younger children.

"Bit by bit, the mad gets pushed out of her head."

Oh, I adored this little book! I loved following the adventures of this inventive, curious little girl; a sweet and unique perfectionist who can get annoyed and frustrated like the best of us!

The illustrations in this book are wonderful; unlike anything I've really seen before. I love how the splashes of colour stand out against the monochrome backdrop of the cityscape. The characters are adorable, especially the little girl and her "assistant".

And I love the message in this - it's so effective for children. It's so important to work hard and to try hard. We all can get frustrated and angry if things don't go our way, but the important thing is to take some time out and realise that not everything is perfect, and more often than not, your best effort will be enough. Keep your chin up and keep trying, and the heart you put into making things will make them magnificent! I especially love how the finished thing in this story still isn't perfect, but finally magnificent in this little girl's eyes.

A touching little tale that will definitely please tiny ears. I wholeheartedly recommend this one. Thank you so much to the published for granting my wish and making this available to me on Netgalley. I loved it!

A great story about innovation, and persistence. The illustrations help tell the story and guide the reader to the most magnificent thing,. Friends help and don't let friends give up,! I love this story and can't wait to share it with my students,

Thanks for Netgalley ad respective publishers.

Quite enthusiastic and creative children-picture book.
A small girl wanted to make a THING, for them-(with her dog).
After failing twice and thrice, went to quit for creating.
But at last, Got inspiration, She has made THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING.
I loved it.

A girl envisioned building a most magnificent thing. Aided by her dog assistant, she expected her project to be easy to build. Making countless attempts to create her working model, she came up empty each time. Frustration crept in setting off a temper tantrum. She had failed in her attempt to create her invention and she quit. Her dog insistently requests a walk, thus enabling her to return recharged and ready to try again with renewed interest.

"The Most Magnificent Thing" reminds me of the proverb "if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again". Often a task can only be conquered using trial and error. The dog walking served the purpose of asking the girl to step back, relax and return to her invention with renewed purpose. I loved the plethora of verbs used to denote the girl's work. Verbs included were tinkers, hammers, wrenches and fiddles.

"The Most Magnificent Thing" by Ashley Spires contained beautifully vivid illustrations contrasting with a simple penciled black and white background. The engaging illustrations showcase the feelings of disappointment and frustration and provide opportunities to discuss the need to persevere in order to succeed. An excellent children's book.

Thank you Kids Can Press and Net Galley for the opportunity to read and review "The Most Magnificent Thing".

My Wish was granted! WoW what a beautiful little gem this book is.

Thank you to Netgalley for letting me read and review The Most Magnificent Thing
Ashley Spires.

Wow the main character is a girl with dark hair and she looked like my little sister. This girl was a not a princess but a normal girl and her best friend was her dog who she hired it to be her assistant. They went everywhere together. This is a lovely sweet story with great Vocabulary verbs that are used within this book i.e. "Wondered" Tinkered, Pondered.
This un-named girl is playing outside in the fresh air - in a street and pondering over her something. She would like to make a Magnificent Thing.......But what does she want to make?
She draws up a plan of action on a piece of paper and starts to work. She becomes a creative thinker, builder and then an engineer. She shows her frustrations, her pain but still has a vision of what she want to create. She is so determined to create it.

This book promotes 2 excellent lessons for our children etc........

The first is "Don't give up!" Your first attempt may not got to plan but try again and your will succeed eventually. This little girl goes through a few designs and crunches before she gets there and when she finally creates it, it becomes her Most Magnificent Thing.

The second lesson which is a good one is Patience. It showed that the more annoyed she became with her creation and her assistant distracted her and took her away from it. After walking etc with Assistant, things became clearer she then realised what she was missing and it became clear of what to do to put it right.

This book is so beautifully written and illustrated throughout and is going to be purchased for my sisters baby as a gift.

This is on my Goodreads Blog

What an awesome story! My three year old sat through this whole book as we read about the little girl who wanted to make something magnificent, but she couldn't get it right. Every time we turned the page, my son would ask "What is it?" He was super excited at the end of the book when the most magnificent thing was finally done. Loved this story. Loved the art, it was fantastic. Loved my son's reaction.

A cute book on how to deal with anger. Not everything works out how you want it to so you have to keep trying. Great message!!

This was a lovely children's book. I enjoyed the story and the illustrations. It has prompted me to buy one for all of my nieces and nephews. I think the story was engaging and timely. Young children will enjoy this book as well

Thanks to the Publisher for granting me an ARC..

This book is so wonderful. A child has an invention in her head. She knows what she wants to make, so she fiddles and fiddles and makes a whole bunch of inventions but none of them are just quite right. She gets mad and is about to quit when her assistant (her dog) recommends a walk. She goes for a walk, gains perspective calms down and is able to create the invention she wants. As an added benefit her other inventions help the people in the neighborhood.

Thanks to Net Gallery, I had the opportunity to read this inspiring picture book about the cycle of failure and success. A little girl and her dog decides to make "the most magnificent thing." Even though she tries and tries, it doesn't work out - it's not magnificent. The story doesn't end there. The book gives the reader tools for dealing with not getting it right, even if you try very hard.

A cute story that inspires one to look deeper and never give up.

I thought it would be fitting to review this title (finally) on International Women's Day. This book is perfect for young makers and tinkerers who aren't afraid to fail. While not only emphasizing creative, outside-the-box thinking, it also explores play, partnership, and emotions. The text-to-image ratio would make this a good fit for younger readers and would also work well as a read-aloud title. The illustrations work very well with the text and the simplistic backgrounds can help the reader focus on the text and central imagery.

The Most Magnificent Thing
This little book was such an adorable read. I loved seeing the pictures and the art work. This little book is perfect for little ones who get discouraged and need some encouragement to keep going on projects. To work hard and every time they fail to try again! I received a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review from net galley. Thanks to the publisher and author for the opportunity.

This was adorable and taught many good lessons. Persistence, hard work, patience.

A lovely story that really struck a chord with my five-year-old (who insisted that we read it four times in a row). A beautifully illustrated, charming story with a very important message.

I actually read this to my 3rd grade classroom on an iPad. We learned that when you have the printed version you can see 2 pages at once, rather than the page you're reading. That being said, it did not detract from the story. The students were engaged and discussed the characters negative-positive mindset. They rated the book from 1-5 stars, and defended their opinion. The only one star had nothing to do with the actual book- they own this book at home. A younger sibling reads it every day so he was "sick of the story". We compromised as a class & gave it 3 1/2 stars.

I really enjoyed this book. The story of a little girl's creativity was wonderful & I really appreciated that she persevered until she was successful in creating what she envisioned. The illustrations are so fun & I most enjoyed the pages where the background was all line drawings with the people in colour. I can't wait to read this to my son!!