Frank Carlson Library

A boy faces unseen and imagined fears with the help of his stuffed toy lion.

"From this 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."--

A little girl wakes up to find that her house is a total mess, the kitchen raided and everything turned upside down--surely a monster has been at work.

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

Excited to give his report on explorer Ernest Shackleton in school, and frustrated by a monstrous snowstorm that has left his family and city snowbound, a boy imagines himself on a voyage where he and his crew (his family) are trapped by the ice, just like his favorite explorer and the ship, Endurance.

A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining a tiny world within it.

A young boy lives a fairy tale when he tries to conquer fierce dragons--his dog and cat--and avoid capture while trying to get the treasure--a table full of sweet treats.

"On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck has been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it."--

When Thelma is bored, she decides to become a queen but the responsibilities are so great that she soon has a royal headache.

When a creative seven-year-old girl spots a blue china bird that she desperately wants, she forms an imaginative plan for getting it.