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.

Two children encourage their father to push them perpetually higher on the swing as they try to surpass the height of a giraffe, a mountain, and the very boundaries of Earth.

Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between makebelieve and real life.

When a young dog's snow-cone machine fills the backyard with snow, his imagination runs wild and turns a hot summer day into a cold wintry one.

Bundling up for a fun-filled day in the wintery outdoors with Bingo, Lulu becomes frustrated when she encounters numerous snowy challenges that compel her to draw on her Ladybug Girl optimism.

"The Garcia's new refrigerator comes in a big box. Carlos and Carmen turn the box into a rocket, then a submarine. Then the twins finally decide to make the box a fort. But it's a crumpled fort. It's a flat fort. Discover how Carlos and Carmen don't let a flattened box ruin their fun!" --

When Ted awakens to the smell of smoke and cannot find a firefighter, he decides to become one for the day, much to the dismay of his mother, neighbors, principal, and classmates.

Characterizing the imagination as something living and palpable, this fun and whimsical picture book will inspire young readers to let their own imaginations fly. The freedom and individuality that comes through imagination permeates this story as a child discovers she can be whoever she wants to be, change what she wants to change, and create what she wants to create. Exalting the value of nurturing imagination, fostering creativity, and putting...

The tales in this compendium are tiny--they are only ten words long! But in your imagination they will settle--and, like seeds, they will grow... Can you picture how these tales might unravel? Can you pen a ten-word tale of your own?

When an adorable cat, Gracie, is added to his household, Binky conducts surveillance to determine her real mission in his home.