Books like Ocean Meets Sky
By Terry Fan
For the child working through the loss of someone they loved, this is a gentle way to talk about missing someone by turning that ache into an adventure. Dreamy, quiet, tinged with both longing and wonder.
Two curious siblings hop a rock wall into the desert beyond, climbing nopal trees, examining empty turtle shells, and imagining the sun's power inside them until their mom's whistle calls them home.
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 returns with his family to their yearly camping spot at Mountain Pond, but this trip is different — he's headed into first grade, and a tiger has appeared in the woods.
Four children stay up past dusk on a warm summer night, dancing, twirling, and playing games under the moon before it's finally time for bed.
A young ballet student listens to music from Swan Lake in her dance class and is magically transported into the story, where she meets Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer.
A little girl's wish comes true when she and her baby brother set sail for a day aboard a ship called The Maggie B, just the two of them and the open sea.
A bush grandmother uses magic to make a young possum invisible, but when Hush longs to see herself again, the two possums journey across Australia in search of the food that will bring her back into view.
A boy named William wakes to find the tree outside his window carved into a wise owl, and as more mysterious topiaries appear overnight, his gray town slowly fills with color and life.
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.
