Imagination in Picture Books

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

• A classic in which a little boy is sent to his room and all the wild creatures he imagines there.

If I Were a Lion by Sarah Weeks

• Similar to Where the Wild Things Are: a little girl is in time out and she imagines animals who create the chaos she is responsible for.

Vagabonding by Audra George

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

• A rabbit plays in a box that becomes all sorts of interesting toys in his imagination

Firefighters in the Dark by Dashka Slater

Small World of Binky Braverman by Rosemary Wells

Digger Man by Andrea Zimmerman

Scribble by Deborah Freedman

Peg Leg Peke by Brie Spangler

On My Way to Buy Eggs by Chih-Yuan Chen

Maybe a Bear Ate It by Robie Harris

Coppernickel, the Invention by Wouter van Reek

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The Sound of Colors by Jimmy Liao

• A girl who has lost her sight navigates a city subway.