Central Kansas Library System

"This lyrical picture book follows one boy's early morning bus ride to school and the many things he observes."--

Lola loves to hear Daddy read a new library book each night, an activity that spurs her imagination and results in inventive play the next day.

For Milo, everything's a bore. What a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he's got nothing better to do. But on the other side, things seem different. Milo visits the Island of Conclusions (you get there by jumping), learns about time from a ticking watchdog named Tock, and even embarks on a quest to rescue Rhyme and Reason! Somewhere along the way, Milo realizes something astonishing: life is far from dull....

A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

When Pinkalicious brings her imaginary unicorn, Goldie, to school and teaches him the rules, he helps her and the other students to become better friends.

A collection of 13 short stories from the world of the New York Times-bestselling Treehouse chapter book series."-- A lot of stuff happens in our ever-expanding treehouse. Not everything gets into the books. These are some other things that happened to us ... Surreal, funny and supremely silly--all with the spirit of the Treehouse--come on up to hear some Tales from the Treehouse.

Left in the care of his older sister, a boy begs her to read his favorite book but she is too absorbed in her own reading even to notice when a tiger comes to life in the steam from his soup.

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, where he lived as a Polish refugee during World War II.

Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing.