Imagination & Play

From acclaimed author-illustrator Shinsuke Yoshitake comes a humorous picture book about the empowering possibilities of growing up and a child's imagination! Akira has a problem: He is too small to open packages by himself. He still needs grown-ups to...

A 2015 Caldecott Honor BookWith perfect pacing, the multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling team of Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen dig down for a deadpan tale full of visual humor. Sam and Dave are on a mission. A mission to find something...

A spectacular new picture book from the creator of international bestsellers Here We Are and What We'll Build that will give readers perspective on our place in space. A father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space...

Deck the halls and get ready for hilarious holiday hijinks with this funny and heartwarming Christmas picture book for kids!It's the holiday season, and Jake is determined to have the best Christmas ever, which of course means getting lots of presents!...

Get ready to turn reading into an interactive game, with lots of laughs along the way, in a choose-your-own-adventure-style quest to find the last page of this book! With strikingly bold text and art, Books That Drive Kids CRAZY! are perfect picks for...

"Fun, expressive, informative, and imaginative! I want a box full of these books!" --Ben Clanton, New York Times bestselling author of the Narwhal and Jelly A trilogy of fun, charming, and how-to stories following the curious and spunky Beatrix and Box...

Fancy Nancy makes a new friend and discovers the true meaning of friendship in this dazzling picture book from the New York Times bestselling duo Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser!For Nancy, a long weekend means fun, fun, and more fun with her best...

An Indie Next Pick"Brimming with magic." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Are you brave? Are you curious? Are you ready for an adventure? Then you are invited on the most magical of journeys. There are many ways through the woods. Some are long and...

Two-time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall's follow-up to her bestselling If I Was a Horse explores the challenges of first friendships through imaginative play. If we were dogs, what kind would we be? I'd be a big dog! And you'd be little dog. Woof! ...

In this nineteenth Henry Heckelbeck adventure, Henry uses magic to bring some reality into a game of make-believe! Henry and Dudley are building the pillow fort of their dreams! But Max doesn't want to join in--she thinks she's too old for pillow forts...

Join Liko and Roy, the new protagonists of the hit Pokémon TV series on Netflix, in an action-packed illustrated chapter book!Trainers Liko and Roy are searching for the black Rayquaza. Instead, they encounter another Legendary Pokémon: Galarian Moltres!...

Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book. Don't miss Mia in A Christmas in New Hope, streaming now! Mia likes many of the things other people like--going to the...

Do you know a little rebel? Do you want to be a rebel, too? A powerful new picture book from Caldecott Honoree Yuyi Morales, creator of Dreamers and Bright Star. Little rebels have a way of finding each other. When these three youngsters come together...

"Beautiful to the eye and sure to delight younger horror enthusiasts" --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the team behind the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal-winning Creepy Carrots! and its sequels comes the first entry in a spin-off...

In this boisterous, rhyming plea, a trio of youngsters imagines the delights they'll enjoy once autumn arrives, from pumpkin patches to corn mazes to hayrides, and more! The colorful leaves can't arrive soon enough. But once the leaves start to fall, are...

The cuteness meter is off the charts in this sweet and funny story from an exciting new picture-book talent, celebrating the chaos and joy that babies bring to our days. One Thursday morning, a box of babies arrived at this door. What do you do when a...

A walk through their bustling city neighborhood brings a girl and her grandfather closer together in this gentle, contemplative picture book that's "a reminder of the importance of being in the world with unhurried attention and open hearts" (Publishers...

Come along on an eye-popping journey through the forest with a group of young explorers ready to discover everything nature has to offer in this lyrical, awe-inspiring picture book full of "curiosity and wonder" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The...