Books like Imogene's Last Stand
By Candace Fleming
For the kid who corrects your history facts at dinner and already has a favorite founding father, Imogene's Last Stand is a rallying cry in picture-book form. Feisty, funny, and packed with historical name-dropping
A determined little blue engine returns with words of encouragement for anyone facing a new chapter, showing that the same grit that carried her up the mountain can carry you forward too.
A boy too poor to buy the princess a birthday gift bakes her a cake instead, then faces trolls, bears, and gypsies while trying to deliver it to the castle in one piece.
A determined little girl can't find her favorite stuffed bear anywhere in the house, and when her busy mom, reading dad, and grumpy sister won't help her search, she sets out on her own.
When hard times hit the farm, a hired boy is sent off to find his own way — but a runaway Journey Cake leads him on a wild chase that changes everything.
A princess who'd rather stay single sets her royal suitors impossible tasks to scare them off, until one prince actually manages to pass every test.
A relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
A man and his little dog head out early one winter morning to learn how to ski, but a run-in with a curious moose sends them flying through the air and hanging above a snowy abyss.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
Two sisters wake before sunrise six days a week to practice tennis, pushing through boos and taunts from a sport that didn't expect them, on their way to becoming legends.
A gardener finally grows the vegetable patch of his dreams, but three hungry bunnies keep sneaking in every night — so he builds fence after fence to outsmart them.
A restless farm duck decides he's done taking orders and campaigns his way from the barnyard all the way to the presidency, one election at a time.
A boy named Ned races a thousand miles to a surprise party, and every stroke of good luck — a borrowed airplane, a handy parachute — flips into disaster and back again.
