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.

"Marco is riding in the backseat of a car driven by his parents. Being bored, he puts his hand out the window and fantasizes about flying. As he does so, his fantasy takes him on a wild ride up in the sky" --

"Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses" --

"Usually, the girl is an idea machine--sometimes her brain is so full of ideas that her hands can't keep up. But today feels different. She seems to have everything she needs to get to work...but she doesn't know what to make! She searches high and low for an idea. She and her dog go for a walk, they brainstorm, they research, they dig through the entire house, but the girl can't find a single idea anywhere. What if she NEVER has another idea EVER...

"In this one-of-a-kind, wordless picture book, a child is making her way home from school, imagining what's behind the windows of the houses and other buildings she passes. And that's where the fun begins. Think The Way Home in the Night meets M. C. Escher ... in Wonderland! When the book opens, we see the little girl through a window at school, daydreaming at her desk. Then we follow the girl on her walk home, past houses, shops and other buildings....

"A yellow dot. A thin black line. Adventure awaits! Press only a finger to the page to embark on a journey of color, motion, shape, and imagination. Follow the yellow dot's invitation, turn the page, and you are on your way!" -- Page [4] of cover.

Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay's new picture book provides them some answers though a fictional encounter between an author and some very curious children. Together, they write and illustrate a story. Marie-Louise Gay has scribbled, sketched, scrawled, doodled, penciled, collaged, and painted the words and pictures of a story-within-a-story that show how brilliant ideas creep up on you when...

While playing outside on a rainy day, a little girl peers into a puddle and sees Mudkin, who invites her to become his queen.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text introduce such basic concepts as adjectives, adverbs, daytime, and nighttime as they follow five elephants marching from dawn to dusk.

After helping her mother weed, water, and chase the rabbits from their garden, a young girl imagines her dream garden complete with jellybean bushes, chocolate rabbits, and tomatoes the size of beach balls.