Clara and Asha

In 'Clara and Asha,' young Clara navigates her world with her enormous imaginary fish friend, Asha. From hide-and-seek to snow days and Halloween, their shared experiences are filled with fun and surprising opportunities for adventure. The book, by Caldecott Medal-winning author Eric Rohmann, uses rich oil paintings to convey a wide emotional range and playfully suggest stories within stories. It's a heartwarming exploration of the profound reality and importance of a child's imaginative world, perfect for sparking conversations about creativity and friendship.

In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit -a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities for adventure. With oil paintings that playfully suggest stories within stories and convey great emotional range, this is a captivating book about the special world of a child's imagination--where a giant fish might come to visit, and the things you do and the things you fell with an imaginary friend are intensely real.