Books like Fish in the Air
By Kurt Wiese
For the kid who begs for the biggest, flashiest version of anything at the store, this one gets right at that particular kind of wanting. Breezy, old-fashioned, a little wild once the wind picks up.
A clever spider man sets out to buy all the world's stories from the Sky God, who demands an impossible price: a fierce leopard, a fire-stinging hornet, and a fairy no one can see.
A girl named Marian discovers a rocky desert hill across the road and transforms it with her sisters and friends into Roxaboxen — a whole imagined town built from stones, old boxes, and pure invention.
After a hurricane knocks down an old elm tree in their yard, two brothers discover the fallen tree becomes a gateway to imaginary worlds and adventures.
A white shape drifts across page after page of blue sky, looking like a rabbit, a bird, an ice-cream cone, and more — until a final reveal answers what it really is.
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.
A poor boy who longs to paint is given a magic paintbrush that brings to life whatever he creates, until a greedy emperor sets out to capture him and claim its power for himself.
A concept book traces everyday transformations — seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly — using die-cut pages that let one shape magically become the next.
A curious girl reaches into Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting to grab seeds for her own garden, but tips the vase over, sending flowers everywhere and pulling a nearby painted friend into the chaos.
A spirited girl claims the giant box from a new refrigerator and turns it into a castle, a clubhouse, and countless other creations, sharing every adventure with her neighbor Fats Watson.
While the other field mice work all autumn gathering corn and nuts for winter, a quiet mouse gathers sun rays, colors, and words instead — and when the food runs low, his stories are what feed everyone.
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.
A girl who grows up watching fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains notices they blink in perfect unison — and sets out to convince skeptical scientists that the dazzling synchronized show is real.
