What a wonderful book! Another that should be in every school library and classroom! Loved it dearly.

The world is a canvas and we are all the artists! What a lovely message to bring to children.

Chalk the Walk is about children who decorate their neighborhood with chalk and their imagination, brining color and life everywhere they go. It's such a great encouragement for children to continue to use their imaginations, even when things seem bland.

The illustrations in this are what makes it magical. The book has such a large contrast between the sidewalks, the chalk, and the characters in the story. I love how the adult interact with the children and their creations. It's such a warm environment and such a cozy book to settle into.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for the eARC! I loved the illusrations- especially when the book started off in black and white and as the characters draw with chalk more color is added. This book shows how creative you can be with chalk and how it can bring happiness to the people who walk by!

A very cute picture about how chalk can brighten up a drab neighborhood! With its age appropriate vocabulary, rhymes, and beautiful illustrations, this book is a perfect gift for any child with an active imagination (perhaps alongside a few pieces of chalk?).

What do you do about boring sidewalks? Add some chalk, and let your imagination go wild! It is a fun rhyming lesson about how art inspires and delights everyone who experiences it and that your art is only limited by your imagination.

Lots of fun! This was a sweet story about kids decorating their boring neighborhood with colorful chalk art .

The rhymes and story would be perfect for library storytime. The illustrations make the book really come to life. I would definitely recommend this as a summer reading program, with plenty of chalk available afterwards for fun decorations.

Watch as the children bring fun and color to their world with street chalk! Read the rhyming story of what chalk drawings can do!
The illustrations by Laurel Alyesworth are simply perfect.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to everyone, but especially to a school or your local public library!
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Life Lesson & Artistic Encouragement

This book delivered a great message that life can be colored in with your creativity. This would make a great book for a classroom and to excite children about Art. I thought it delivered a great undertone about unplugging from electronics in addition to building a world you want instead of living in the gray.

I received a free copy of this book from Chelsea Tornetto and Familius. I am voluntarily leaving a review. All opinions are my own.

In a dreary gray town, kids add color and creativity to the pavement with some colorful chalk. Here, the adventure begins, and imaginations run wild. The kids draw hopscotch, trees, a butterfly, spacecraft, animals etc. This picture book is full of joy!

Starting on a drab, gray street a couple of city kids begin to transform their world with chalk. They invite their neighbours and passing kids into their games and imaginative play making an ordinary day into something extraordinary. The rhymes have a quick cadence making for a playful, engaging read and the expanding colours of the pages bring the story to life. I can’t wait to read this to my chalk-loving toddler!

Cute story about the power of imagination and where creativity can take you! Tells a great story about the importance of art and drawing for kids, and how something as simple as chalk can take you on great adventures! Also mentions the importance of keeping kids off screens, which I appreciated. Cute art style!

I loved this story about how chalk can be a wonderful source of creativity on imagination. The story starts grey, but as more ideas and chalk art is added trhe world become more colorful, I think that anology is a wonderful message for children. I love the illistrations in this book. The cover art is what initially grew me to it, and the inside illistrations continuted on just as wonderufl to make the story come to life. I loved the vivid colors and all the little added 'easter eggs' make it s fun read for little ones to point out things they find. I would ,most defeontly share this book with both my students and purchase a copy for my personal library.

Thank you NetGalley, Chelsea Tornetto & Familius for a eARC in exhcnage for my honest review.

This was a very sweet story of bringing color into our world. I loved the illustrations and story. I did feel like the end was somewhat abrupt/the transition wasn't quite clear but overall a great message and book!

This book is adorable and made me super nostalgic! It reminded me of when I used to play with chalk on my grandma's driveway and I love that this book is bringing that to another generation. I appreciated the emphasis on it being better than a screen, and hopefully it'll inspire kids to be creative and have fun outside! The illustrations perfectly matched the story!

I just read this to my children for their bedtime story and they seemed to love it!

The colors and vibrancy and illustrations in this book were great! This was cute.

Thank you for rhyming. And in a way that flows and doesn’t feel patched together.

Solid message at the end.

The only thing was there were a bunch of sentences there in the middle that all started with the word “chalk” and as an adult it could easily slip/stutter into a not great word for kids. Clear annunciation necessary.

My children love drawing with chalk and this marvelous book has inspired even more creative expression on the driveway, walkways and outside patio area. Chelsea Tornetto has written a charming book to bring joy through creativity, and the fun of working together. The rhyming verse flows wonderfully when read aloud. The clear illustrations by Laurel Aylesworth, add to the fun and adventure of the story, while also showcasing diverse characters.

Many thanks to the publisher for the digital review copy, via NetGalley. This review is voluntary and all opinions are my own.

When I was little, I loved playing with chalk and everything related to it, including my incessant volunteering to clean the chalk boards every day in the fourth grade. So, when I saw the title “Chalk the Walk,” I couldn’t resist reading it.

Chelsea Tornetto did a fabulous job writing this cute picture book. The word length was perfect and the subject of the book will no doubt resonate with a lot of people.

Quite a few good things can be said for Laurel Aylesworth’s illustrations, namely, that they are really spot-on. The images really looked like they were made off chalk. I also particularly like how at the beginning of the book, Aylesworth chose to show the city as monochromatic, only switching to color later as the children began to chalk the city.

This is a wonderfully written and beautifully illustrated children’s book and one that I absolutely recommend to readers and libraries everywhere.

I received an ARC of “Chalk the Walk,” by Chelsea Tornetto from NetGalley and Familius in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

Can I tell you how disappointed I am that I can not get a physical copy of this book until April.

This book needs to be in every child's library.

Why did I love it so much?
The book starts off with a grey scheme, and then a child brings out chalk.
The only colors in the story are the pictures drawn with chalk. If you can think of it, you can draw it. The story is short and the pictures draw the kids in.

I will be purchasing this book when it comes out!!!

Five out of five stars from my six year old. A gray world turns colorful in this story full of chalk drawings. The rhyming was beautiful.