Books like Hey! Get Off Our Train
By John Burningham
For the kid who turns every bedtime into one more adventure before lights-out, this dream train ride is the perfect last stop. Dreamy, gentle, and quietly hopeful — a nighttime journey that feels both cozy and important.
A collection of poems imagines a curious inn run by poet William Blake, where dragons, angels, and a Man in the Moon all check in for the night.
A small boy is invited to tea at the palace and always asks the same question — may he bring a friend? — and each time, a surprising animal guest shows up beautifully behaved.
A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and steps into another world, where a red marker conjures a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet — until a sinister emperor captures her.
A boy falls asleep holding a book and drifts into a wordless dream world where chess pieces come alive, a dragon appears, and landscapes shift from canyons into cities before his eyes.
A young man buys a violin for one silver piece, and the moment he plays it, fish take to the air, cows start dancing, and apple trees sprout cake and ice cream.
A little girl who wants a pony more than anything draws a dappled mare she names Silver, then imagines riding her through a magical countryside and even among the stars.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
A young boy watches an airplane cross the sky and imagines climbing aboard, flying past trains and boats, all the way to the moon and back to his mother's arms.
A young boy sets off on a moonlit walk armed with only an oversize purple crayon, drawing his own path through woods, seas, and dragons before finding his way safely back to bed.
A wide-awake girl insists she can only sleep in a blue room, so her mother brings flowers, tea, and lullaby bells — until moonlight itself swirls in to solve the problem.
A girl and her walking house settle into a too-quiet neighborhood, so she puts up a sign inviting lost creatures in — goblins, mermaids, a dragon — and soon has a household that's lively but hard to manage.
