Imagination & Make-Believe Books
Stories that stretch imagination and invite children into playful, inventive worlds. These books nurture creativity by showing that ideas can be flexible, surprising, and entirely their own.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Max sails to a land of wild creatures and becomes their king.
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson
Harold draws his own adventure with his magical purple crayon.
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Not a Box
Antoinette Portis
A rabbit transforms a simple box into anything imagination allows.
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Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin
Dragons love tacos but beware of spicy salsa in this hilarious favorite.
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The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Duncan's crayons go on strike with hilarious letters of complaint.
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The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson
A clever mouse invents a monster to scare predators in the forest.
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Journey
Aaron Becker
A wordless masterpiece where a girl draws her way into a magical world.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett
In Chewandswallow, food falls from the sky instead of rain.
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Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson
A kind witch makes room on her broom for every creature she meets.
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The Dot
Peter H. Reynolds
Vashti discovers she's an artist when she just makes a dot.
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Press Here
Hervé Tullet
An interactive book where pressing dots creates magical surprises.
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This Is Not My Hat
Jon Klassen
A small fish steals a hat from a big fish in this darkly funny tale.
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