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Language
English
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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.
4) Brave Molly
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this story without words, Molly must overcome her fear of the shadowy monsters that only she can see in order to return a lost book, and so make a new friend.
Author
Series
Skippyjon Jones (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat with an overactive imagination who would rather be El Skippito, his Zorro-like alter ego.
8) Flat Stanley
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Based on the original Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown"--T.p. verso.
A picture book version of the story in which a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he is sleeping, and he finds that being flat has its advantages.
10) Dream on, Amber
Author
Language
English
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Description
Amber's Japanese father left when she was little, and her sister Bella was just a baby, so now she fills in the frustrating gap in her life with imagined conversations, and writes letters to Bella that seem to come from their father.
Author
Series
Dory Fantasmagory volume 3
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Description
"When Dory's best friend learns to read before she does, Dory retreats into her wild imagination and finds herself in the middle of one of the babyish books she is struggling to read where she encounters imaginary friends and enemies"--
12) Dr. Ted
Author
Series
Ted books (Andrea Beaty) volume 1
Language
English
Description
After bumping his knee one morning, Ted decides to become a doctor, but he has only one problem--he has no patients!
14) A stitch in time
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Language
English
Description
"Maria likes to be alone with her thoughts. She talks to animals and objects, and generally prefers them to people. But whilst on holiday she begins to hear things that aren't there-- a swing creaking, a dog barking-- and when she sees a Victorian embroidered picture, Maria feels a strange connection with the ten-year-old, Harriet, who stitched it. But what happened to her? As Maria becomes more lost in Harriet's world, she grows convinced that something...
16) Another
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A young girl and her cat take an imaginative journey into another world"--
17) The magic boat
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Language
English
Description
While visiting the beach, Ellie meets a new friend and enjoys some amazing adventures in an old blue boat that has been abandoned in the sand.
18) The firefighters
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Language
English
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Description
After dressing up as fire fighters, building a fire truck out of a cardboard box, and extinguishing imaginary fires on the playground, Mrs. Iverson's students are surprised by the arrival of a real fire engine with real fire fighters on board.
19) The Egypt game
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Edition
1st Atheneum books for Young Readers paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
20) Not a stick
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
An imaginative young pig shows some of the many things that a stick can be.
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