imagination

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imagination

The purple kangaroo

2010
After asking the reader to think of something spectacular, the narrator sets out to prove his ability to read minds by describing a preposterous situation and characters.

Daffodil, crocodile

2007
Tired of being one of three look-alike sisters that no one can tell apart, Daffodil puts on a papier m?ch? crocodile head and has her own individual adventures.

Firefighter Ted

2009
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.

I'm a manatee

2003
A rhyming story in which a boy imagines that he is a manatee, sprinkling seaweed on his raisin bran-atee and dignifying his watery domain with his "wit, sophistication, and urbanity." Also sets the story to music on CD, sung by John Lithgow, and includes lyrics and notation.

Benjamin Brody's backyard bag

1991
Benjamin's playful experiment to find how many things he can do with an empty paper bag leads him to an informative encounter with a bag lady who has no home of her own.

The squiggle

1999
As she walks to the park with her school class, a young girl finds a piece of string which her imagination turns into a dragon's tail, an acrobat, fireworks, a storm cloud and more.

I'd like to be

1987
A little girt imagines all the things she'd like to be before deciding that being "me" is the best of all.

Walter's magic wand

1990
Feeling restless at the library, Walter combines his imagination with his magic wand to bring several exotic books to life and complicate the librarian's tidy existence.

The night I followed the dog

1994
A boy follows his dog one night to see what exactly dogs do at night when they're on their own.

Fraid E. Cat

1995
This friendly and playful cat needs to learn that there really are no scary monsters in her room and that she just imagines they are around her at night.

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