Books like Morgan Morning
By Stephen Cosgrove
For the kid who wanders off mid-walk to poke at every puddle and pinecone, this is a story that takes that same curiosity seriously — and follows it somewhere real. Quiet, reflective, and a little haunting — more thoughtful than cozy.
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.
One ordinary Tuesday evening, a pond full of frogs suddenly rises into the air on their lily pads and drifts off to explore the sleeping town nearby.
A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines turning his own bedroom into a perfect woodland home, adding moss, trees, and stars to keep it happy.
A group of children on the beach hear an old Japanese tale about a fisherman who rides a turtle down to a beautiful world under the sea, then ask questions about what it means.
A drowsy kitten chases a mouse right through a framed poster on the wall, tumbling into a chase across famous artworks and through history — and then must find his way back home.
An elderly woman despises the night so fiercely she tries to destroy it — burning it, drowning it, even feeding it to her hounds — in a battle she cannot win.
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 young boy left waiting at home turns his father's odd remark, "Things are going to change around here," into an anxious spiral of imagined transformations all around him.
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 boy finds an abandoned book by the side of the road, and stepping into its pages opens a doorway into another world just as real as his own.
A small boy tumbles out of bed into Absurdia, a topsy-turvy dreamland of umbrella trees, pillow hills, and wardrobe monsters, journeying onward in search of a dragon.
