Books like Milo Imagines the World
By Matt de la Peña
For the kid who stares at strangers on the bus and wonders about their whole lives, this book turns that habit into something tender. Quiet, observant, warm with a gentle emotional turn.
A foreign exchange student named Eric moves in with a suburban family, asking curious questions his hosts can't always answer, until his farewell leaves behind an unforgettable surprise.
A curious fox named Marco joins a ship captained by a deer and crewed by pigeons, sailing off in search of a wondrous island and answers to his endless questions.
A curious fox sets out just to watch a mysterious parade of animals heading somewhere unknown, freeing a caged pair of doves along the way, until he finds his reason for joining them waiting by a great wooden ship.
A grandfather leads a lively chase through town to track down a bee tree after his granddaughter Mary Ellen grows bored with her reading, gathering half the town along the way.
A spunky young rabbit named Little Snow doubts the animals have their own Santa, until Big Snowshoe finds a way to see for himself who delivers the presents on Christmas Eve.
A little girl with a wobbly loose tooth runs around her city block to tell everyone the big news, and discovers her neighbors carry whole countries with them.
A little star loves the giant Mooncake she bakes with her mama in the sky, and though she's told to wait, she can't resist sneaking nibble after nibble.
A little girl climbs seven flights of stairs to her apartment, imagining wilder and stranger lives behind every neighbor's door than the one she actually lives behind.
A girl named Emily writes to her teacher, Mr. Blueberry, insisting a blue whale is living in her pond, and the two trade letters all summer as he tries to set her straight.
An imaginary friend waits and waits to be chosen by a child, and when no one picks him, he does the unimaginable — he leaves his island to find his perfect match himself.
A fish and his best friend, a tadpole, grow up together in a pond until the tadpole becomes a frog and hops off to explore dry land, leaving the fish desperate to follow.
