Theme: Imagination

Light Up The Night

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a young boy takes a nighttime ride from the distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy to his cozy bed, as his blanket becomes a rocket, a plane, and a skateboard.

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King Jack and the Dragon

By Book Importer | Published: October 26, 2011

Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day’s end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Fantasy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

J. R. R. Tolkien

By Book Importer | Published: September 7, 2011

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s novels were strongly influenced by his childhood both in South Africa, where lions prowled and wild beasts roamed, and in the English countryside, where he imagined that elves and gnomes dwelled. J. R. R. Tolkien wrote many stories, studied languages–even inventing one of his own–and founght bravely in World War I. [...]

Descriptors: Biography, England (UK), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Chickerella

By Book Importer | Published: June 25, 2011

When Chickerella’s new step mother and step sisters, Ovumelda and Cholestera, move in, life in the chicken coop takes a turn for the worst. Forced to cook and clean for her new family, Chickerells won’t even be able to attend the Fowl Ball, that is, until her Fairy Goosemother appears. The unusually stylish Chickerella dazzles [...]

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Kimbo’s Marble

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

When her brother Willy is stolen by the troll Grimpoke, Princess Kimbo follows them across the Tiger Bridge on a daring rescue mission.

Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Scandinavia » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

You Shall Be King!

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

A young boy is slowly drawn into the imaginative game of a girl who appears outside his grandfather’s house.

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I Feel a Foot!

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Between two trees, high above grass and ground, Turtle, Bat, Octopus, Bird and Buck are sleeping in a hammock. Suddenly, Turtle opens his eyes. ‘Hey,’ he whispers. ‘Do you hear what I hear?’”  Each animal’s imagination runs wild with what wild creature may be making the sound they all hear. Is it a giant turtle? [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Netherlands, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Lola Loves Stories

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Lola loves to hear Daddy read a new library book each night, an activity that spurs her imagination and results in inventive play the next day.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), England (UK), Europe, Infant/toddler (ages 0-2), Picture Book, Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Nora’s Roses

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Poor Nora! She has stayed inside all week with a cold, and only Kiki the dog, Teddy the bear, and Maggie the doll for company, while the roses bloom just outside her window. One by one, visitors pass, each stopping to pick a rose on his way, and soon there won’t be any roses left! [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, France, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Nora’s Surprise

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

Nora’s outdoor tea party with her toys at the home of some friendly geese is disrupted by Benji, the greedy sheep from next door, but he eventually makes amends.

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