Books like Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All
By Ted Dewan
For the kid buried in toys who still says "I'm bored" — this book calls that bluff with a box of literally nothing. Wry, playful, a little pointed — funny enough for kids, sharp enough for parents to feel called out.
A soccer-loving, pirate-loving, unicorn-loving girl planning her eighth birthday can't find a party theme that matches who she is, so she invents her own mismatched Clash Bash instead.
A little boy insists there's a lion in the meadow, but his mother doesn't believe him — until the matchbox dragon she gives him to scare it away turns out to be real too.
A sturdy farm girl named Fanny Agnes waits in her garden for a fairy godmother to whisk her off to the mayor's grand ball and her destined prince — but who actually shows up changes everything.
A middle child inventor, unappreciated at home, runs away to build a meadow of one-of-a-kind houses for other overlooked kids — until the whole town comes looking for them.
A group of children build a snowman one winter's day and watch him come to life, sharing in the wonder and fun of a magical friend made of snow.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
An imaginative boy dreams up the ultimate house, sketching in a racetrack, a flying playroom, and a gigantic slide as his ideas grow wilder with every rhyme.
An endlessly imaginative girl transforms into robots, trees, and countless other characters through rhyming games, while her messy room and her mother's patience wait in the background.
When every girl at the Paris boarding school falls sick on Christmas Eve, the smallest and bravest one stays well enough to take charge — and finds unexpected help from a magical rug-selling merchant.
A little girl waits eagerly for a new hat from her favorite aunt, but when it arrives plain and ordinary, she sets out to make it beautiful herself.
A girl determined to make her own dragon for craft time struggles when her classmates don't recognize her creation — until a story from Grandma and help from her family spark something truly hers.
On the day before Christmas, the very first snow falls and children build a snowman who comes to life the moment a magic hat lands on his head.
