When her eight-year-old neighbor gets polio in 1955, 11-year-old Laurie discovers that her imagination has power as she tells stories during her visits with him and other patients in iron lung machines.
During a geography lesson, a child takes an imaginary journey to each of the seven seas, including the Brown Sea which is made of chocolate, and the Pink Sea which has flamingos.
From breakfast to bedtime, a young girl imagines being different women who made history, and ends the day empowered to be herself. Includes brief biographical information about the women cited.
Text and illustrations describe some of the special places that one can go to be quiet and alone and to imagine, such as a woods, a seashore, a library, or inside oneself.
When he is granted his wish for a dog from Wishworks, Inc., third-grader Max is disappointed to find that his new pet is nothing like the dog in his imagination.
A young boy's imagination takes him into the big house across the street and the world of the older boy who lives there, letting him live the life of his dreams.