It's the story of one young man's journey from general curiosity collector to artist. Everyone wondered why Joey would save the things he did. Broken dolls, corks, feathers, glasses, and an assortment of other things that one might consider rubbish...but to him, they were something more. To him, they held potential and interesting connections that even he didn't realize at first glance, but he eventually put two and two together creating something unique. His world didn't appeal to the everyone, but with the right amount of imagination, they might as well have been made of gold. It just goes to show you that one man's trash is another man's treasure...and no two people look at the world the EXACT same way, but think about it...how BORING would the world be if we really did? ( )

this story could easily lead to your kids trying their hand at collecting and staging objects ... I wish there were several pages of his art in the book - three very small images is all. ( )