Then what does that suggest? And on it goes. Then you see if that helps you see a way to create a related replacement of another element. Here, the structure of that process is elegantly displayed. Substitution of elements is a classic technique. Second, many people have trouble understanding how to be creative. Marco's father needs to learn to enjoy his son's imagination, as long as Marco isn't confused about what is real and what is imagination. First, it captures the kind of miscommunication between parent and child that can set up barriers that exclude what could be much shared joy. I found that this book worked well at several levels. So what does he tell his father? You'll be amazed! 'I ran up the steps and I felt simply GREAT!' The reason for his excitement is because 'I HAD A STORY THAT NO ONE COULD BEAT!' I think you'll agree.

Or better yet, how about an elephant with a Rajah wearing rubies on a throne on top? And on it goes. Or you could change that zebra for a large reindeer. If you change a horse for a zebra, that's better. But Marco soon imagines something much grander. The story then takes you through one day when Marco only sees a horse pulling a man on a broken-down wagon on Mulberry Street. So when Marco tells what he has imagined he has seen, his father sternly says, ''Your eyesight's much too keen.

''Marco, keep your eyelids up and see what you can see.'' Marco's father is looking for the eye of a scientist or a reporter. Marco is a small boy who walks to school along Mulberry Street. Like most of us, he was a little restrained at first. You'll wonder why it's different, and then you will realize that this was his very first book for children. The first drawings are smaller and simpler. When you first open this book, you will be struck that it's not quite like any other Dr. This is a classic that will never fade with age. His ode to the imagination of a child is as fresh and exquisitely outlandish today as it was when first published in 1937. 'Say! That makes a story that no one can beat, / When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street.' Time and again, Marco tops himself until he is positively wound up with excitement and bursts into his home to tell his dad what he saw on Mulberry Street. Marco's story grows ever more elaborate as he reasons that a reindeer would be happier pulling a sled, then that a really unusual sight would be an elephant with a ruby-bedecked rajah enthroned on top. No, wait! Maybe it should be a reindeer in that harness. Or better yet, the zebra could be pulling a blue and gold chariot. Imagine if he had something more to report, say, a zebra pulling the wagon. His father has instructed him to keep his eyes peeled for interesting sights on the way to and from school, but all Marco has seen is a boring old horse and wagon.

And to think i saw it on mulberry st