We’ve all read Margaret Wise Brown’s Good Night Moon. What if the child were on Mars, where there are two moons? What if that child lived in a gray inflatable habitat? What if that child could watch the Mars rover jump over a dune? And...

In Meredith Johnson's Just Momma, Ethan and Tyler love to play pretend. They are having a sword fight when their mom comes to their room to check on them. She decides to play with them and, with their imaginations, they go on adventures as Vikings,...

Dangerfield and the Solar Empire by Robin Audu is a dazzling debut that comes to life with imagination. Dangerfield is no stranger to being different, thanks to her unique name, so it shouldn't come as a surprise when she goes to the roof of their...

Santa is real. Carol knows that. She’s one of several girls living in Lady Dorothy’s Group Home. And, like any other group home full of girls, there is a mix of nice girls and mean girls. Carol is a nice girl, with a touch of...

The Great Green Tree and the Magical Ladders by Stephen Kozan is a magical journey that weaves enchantment with life lessons. Shea is what is considered a problem child with a series of trouble-causing actions from acting out in school to finding humor in killing...

With the help of a witch, a ghost, and Brownies, a young girl with magical powers must battle an evil witch to keep the enchanted ring she wears in the middle-grade fantasy novel, Mr. Murray's Gun (The Piccadilly Street Series: Book 4) by Emily-Jane Hills...

Josh's Treehouse: A Captain's Adventure by Patti Bateman Tracey is a 34-page long story about Josh and his first treehouse adventure. When he goes to visit his grandfather, he is shown a brand-new treehouse he can climb and enjoy. And enjoy he does, because wonders...

Clarisse, a German Shepherd, is excited about Christmas. When the Droolmeister, her Great Dane godfather, gives her a magical dog toy, dressed like a toy soldier, (“a Muttcracker,” her godfather explains), she is transported into a fantasy world of doggie wonders. There’s a battle between...

In Elliott Smith's Nick's Spaceship Adventure, Nick has a very active imagination. He always imagines himself doing all types of different and wonderful things. Today, he is thinking about what he wants to be when he grows up. One of his many ideas is to...

Charlie and the Catmas Tree, written by Cindy Lazann Shirley and Emerson Cochran, is a children's book that places a reader in the home of Emmy Taylor in the heart of the Christmas season. The book begins with Emmy hanging the family stockings above the...