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A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

A young child imagines going off to Kindergarten as a journey to another planet.

"If you run away," said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny." A little bunny keeps running away from his mother in this imaginary game of hide-and-seek. Children will be profoundly comforted by this lovingly steadfast mother who finds her child every time. The Runaway Bunny, first published in 1942 and never out of print, has indeed become a classic. Generations of readers have fallen in love with the gentle magic of its...

After her brother tells her she is too little to play with him, Lulu, dressed as Ladybug Girl, makes her own fun.

"Told in rhyme, a little boy, tucked into his bed, thinks of all the wonderful and ordinary things he will see and do tomorrow." --

"As a young girl practices various standard yoga poses, she imagines herself as a tree touching the sky, a playful dog, a warrior, and more while relaxing and seeing how she fits into the world." --

Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm for life.

Leonardo is a terrible monster -- he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?

"Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures."--

"After swallowing a watermelon seed, a crocodile imagines a scary outcome."--