Books like Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book
By Cynthia Rylant
For the kid who's watched a grown-up start a big project and then wander off to make a snack instead, this one is a knowing, gentle laugh. Cozy, wry, unhurried — the literary equivalent of a warm kitchen.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A determined bunny stacks cardboard boxes into an imaginary city, insisting on doing it solo — until building alone starts to feel like something's missing.
An older man would rather sip an ice cream soda, but his persistent neighbor talks him into a cooking class about one hundred ways to cook beans — and their pets turn it upside down.
When evening falls, a crowd of bats flutters from the rafters to fill a moonlit stadium, watching their own all-stars play a topsy-turvy game of baseball.
A boy imagines a very special house — one built entirely from his own head — where a turtle, a dead mouse, and an old lion can all move in, and nobody ever says stop.
A collection of children's own definitions for everyday things — a hole is to dig, a face is so you can make faces — told in the funny, backwards logic only kids have.
An author sits down to write a story about a mouse in a house, but her cat Chester keeps grabbing a red marker to rewrite the pages his way — turning the book into a battle over who's really in charge.
Twin sisters who look alike but never think alike share six funny stories about their everyday adventures, proving that being silly together is its own kind of fun.
A Siamese cat who imagines he's a bold Chihuahua bounces into his closet and lands in a snowy make-believe forest, where the seven Chimichangos dare him to kiss a frozen princess awake.
A little red chicken just can't sit still through bedtime stories, jumping into Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to save the characters herself, much to her patient papa's dismay.
An elephant named Horace turns eleven and throws a costume party for his exotically dressed animal friends, but when it's time for the feast, someone has already eaten it all.
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.
