Little Critter engages in various imaginative activities while preparing for bed and his father tells him to just go to bed.

From the first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention--and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido's playful text and Melissa Sweet's dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them--poems just waiting to be written down.

Zia imagines what might happen if the hole in her pocket became big enough to fall right through--

Answers many of the questions the author receives from children on writing, including where she gets her ideas, how she learned to draw, and how many books she can write in one day.

A mother's words help a little boy imagine the sights and sounds of the seashore, even though he's never seen the ocean.

When Nancy's neighbor lends her a scrapbook of celebrity autographs, Nancy wants to stay up late and read it, but learns that a late night causes her to be tired all day at school.

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

A young reader introduces a boy to the many imaginative worlds that books bring to life.

Easy-to-read text invites the reader to imagine life as a dog, a cat, a fish, a bird, and even a dinosaur.

A ladybug invites the reader to play a game of "let's pretend."