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The Adventures Of Beekle: An Unimaginary Friend
Adventures Of Beekle - written and illustrated by Dan Santat, is a picture book published April 8th 2014 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and is the winner of the 2015 Caldecott Medal for The Adventures of Beekle: An Unimaginary Friend. The Adventures of Beekle is only one of the many accomplished books that Santat have Written and illustrated through out his career. Santat career first started with his first book, The Guild of Geniuses, he also developed a Disney animated television series, The Replacements. From all the successful books Santat have written and illustrated, Adventures of beekle was the first Caldecott Medal he received.

Characters

 * 1) -Beekle - the imaginary friend (little blob with a crown on his head)
 * 2) -Alice - Beekle friend (little girl with short hair and glasses)

Description
The book is told from a Third person view describing an imaginary friend who was looking for his friend. Beekle was made a blob, because he was meant to be dreamed up by a shy young girl who thought she didn’t deserve any imaginary friend therefore Beekle represented possibility and imagination. The book itself is filled with a lot of bright colors and fun figures to describe the creative mind of a child. Although the book is not filled with many words, it has a strong message (never give up and you can reach the unimaginable).

Plot
The story written by Santat is a picture book about an imaginary friend who goes on a quest to find his ‘soul-mate’ child. Beekle waited and waited for his friend to imagine him, while he saw all the other imaginary friends run off with their friends he started to get sad but he didn't loose hope so unlike the other imaginary friends beekle did not want to wait for his friend to find him (make him up) but he wanted to find her, so he did what no other have done and went on a quest to find his friend he knew he deserved and loved. Beekle traveled far and long without knowing exactly where he was going but he determination so he kept going. One day he reached the real world and saw many strange things but he didn't give up, He waited a waited and one day he found his friend. At first it was weird for both of them because neither one of them knew what to say or do, but with one small kindness everything changed and they became befriend instantly. Beekle and Alice had many adventures and eventually he brings out the best in his friend and gives her courage to open up and be happy, " the world began to feel a little less strong and together they did the unimaginable"

Critical Reception
"The Huffington Post blog named it the Best Overall picture book of the year" “Santat makes the unimaginable, imaginable,” said Caldecott Medal Committee Chair Junko Yokota.