imaginative

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A single definition sends her into a spiral over such terms as “average coral” and “sea pink,” while elsewhere imaginative riffs and historical detours pull the reader well beyond the book’s central thread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It has been designed to encourage pre-schoolers to talk to it and carry out imaginative play.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

That’s not a very imaginative assessment of what’s happening.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

It’s an agreeably heartfelt reminder that children are powered by an imaginative daring and purity of bonding we’d be wise to nurture, not squelch, if we’re going to learn how to inhabit the increasingly uninhabitable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

I knew this about Julia Bishop: She was a miracle—artistic, imaginative, and gifted—and she also liked to mess with me.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith