Sometimes I Pretend

This whimsical treatment of Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem was created by Peter and Donna Thomas, who frequently tour the country in a “tiny home on wheels” and make books along the way (click here for chronicles of their adventures). This book is a delight to look at and to open: if you pull on the pencil, a broadside comes out.

Naomi Shihab Nye, Peter Thomas, and Donna Thomas. Sometimes I Pretend. Santa Cruz, California. 2014.

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Full view of Sometimes I Pretend, which is housed in a wooden box with yellow gears on each end. 

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Detail of Naomi Shihab Nye's signature on broadside. 

Sometimes I Pretend