Hailed as "a classic. . . . humorous, full of warmth and real invention" ( The New Yorker ), this beloved story-first published more than fifty ago-introduces readers to Milo and his adventures in the Lands Beyond. For Milo, everything'...
Imagination
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Author:Juster, NortonSummary: - Author:Spires, AshleySummary:
The long-awaited sequel to the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing! This is the story of a girl who, with her dog at her side, loves to make things. Her brain is an "idea machine," always so full of ideas, she can hardly keep...
- Author:Pearson, Kit, Farris, KatherineSummary:
Every summer morning, Ellie and her Nonna go to the beach. They swim and build sandcastles, and while Nonna reads, Ellie watches the other children play. One day Ellie builds up the courage to approach an older girl playing on her own...
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Author:Bossio, PaulaSummary:When a little girl discovers the end of a line, she follows it as it transforms into all sorts of unexpected things in order to discover who is at the other end.
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
A classic science fiction novel by one of the greatest writers of the genre, set in a future world where one man's dreams control the fate of humanity. In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr...
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Author:Beiko, S. M.Summary:Wishing for something out of Alice in Wonderland, something beyond her adventureless life, 16-year-old Ash is counting down the days until she and her mother move away from their prairie hometown of Treade. It’s Ash’s summer of...
- Author:Fink, JosephSummary:
Esther Gold loves Halloween more than anything in the world. But a supernatural force is out to make sure Halloween never comes to an end, and even Esther doesn't want to be trapped in this night forever.
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Author:Maclear, KyoSummary:While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read. As the afternoon passes, the story nabs him and carries him away. Before long, this good little...
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Author:Lawrence, IainSummary:When her eight-year-old neighbor is stricken with polio in 1955, eleven-year-old Laurie discovers that there is power in her imagination as she weaves a story during her visits with him and other patients confined to iron lung machines...
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Author:Cuevas, MichelleSummary:A girl's friendship with a lonely black hole leads her to face her own sadness in this original, funny, and touching middle grade novel for fans of Crenshaw and Flora & Ulysses. When eleven-year-old Stella Rodriguez shows up at NASA...
- Author:Nicholls, SallySummary:
Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things! From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's...
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Author:Giff, Patricia ReillySummary:When Jilli and Jim see a big red structure being built next door, they imagine all kinds of frightening things before finding out the truth.
- Author:Taylor, CoraSummary:
In 1932, Pip Tyler and his family suffer the ravages of dust storms in southern Alberta, Canada.
- Author:Fitch, ShereeSummary:
Hello toes, our tootsie friends. Hello, summer feet again! Canada's Dr. Seuss, Sheree Fitch, is back with a brand-new tongue-twisting picture book that celebrates all things summer. From those first barefoot days, wobble-dy walking...
- Author:Schachner, Judith ByronSummary:
The little Siamese kitty with the gigantico imagination is back for another adventure. Sent to his room for a time out, Skippyjon assumes his preferred identity as El Skippito, the swordfighting chihuahua. In his daydreams his canine...
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Author:Ohi, RuthSummary:Circle loves to roll — around and around. Solid Square likes to sit still and strong. Triangle can celebrate all her good points, and always knows which direction to go. But when Scribble suddenly dashes through their ordered world —...
- Author:Ferguson, GenkiSummary:
Set in 1999 Japan, Satellite Love is a heartbreaking and beautifully unconventional debut novel about a girl, a boy, and a satellite--and a bittersweet meditation on loneliness, alienation, and what it means to be human. On the eve of...
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Author:Barnett, MacSummary:Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. And they keep digging. And they find nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Attentive readers will be rewarded with...
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Author:Hartnett, SonyaSummary:Hannah and her hands, named Sadie and Ratz, regularly get into trouble, especially when younger brother Baby Boy is around.
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Author:Gay, Marie-LouiseSummary:It's a rainy day, boring as can be, until Victor and Joey decide to make their own fun. Soon chairs turn into castles, bumblebees turn into tigers, and whales and starfish frolic in a watery kingdom.
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