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Character Design - Milou, Devil Man & Bem

Maxine has “billions of imaginary friends,” in her imaginary world. With her incredible drawing skills, she sketched a few of them out...

Character Design - Scwigee

Scwigee is a dragon who is part turtle and part horse. He also happens to be 5-year old Max’s imaginary friend. Max first made this...

Did you know that the picture book Roxaboxen is based on the imaginary world invention of the author

The author Alice McLerran tells the story of neighborhood kids who created an imaginary town called Roxaboxen on a rocky hill strewn with...

Did you know that Charlotte Brontë wrote her first stories in tiny books?

As a child, Charlotte Brontë, (best known for her novel Jane Eyre,) and her sisters and brother played with twelve wooden soldiers they...

Kermit the Camera

My camera is named Kermit. Yesterday when I was filming with Max, his sister Opal and Mom, Allison, they gave Kermit some googley eyes to...

Did you know the first imaginary library was invented in the mid 1500′s?

The “very stately and magnifick” imaginary library invented by Alcofribas Nasier (an anagram of François Rabelais) was called St. Victor,...

Learning how to play on San Francisco’s streets

Every year, over the course of a weekend, San Francisco’s Civic Center is transformed into a giant playground. Except this playground is...

Did you know that poet Galway Kinnell wrote a poem about imaginary friends when he was in his sixtie

In the poem, “Oatmeal,” Kinnell tells how he livens up a lonely breakfast. He invites the famous, but long-dead poet John Keats to share...

Alison Gopnik on Children and Creativity

Alison Gopnik shares her insightful research about children and creativity. This audio is from an event held at the Creativity Museum in...

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