Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination: A Groovy Adventure About Pete the Cat Using His Imagination in a World of Creative Play by Kimberly Dean

Books like Pete the Cat's Groovy Imagination: A Groovy Adventure About Pete the Cat Using His Imagination in a World of Creative Play

By Kimberly Dean

For the kid who can turn any cardboard box into a spaceship, a castle, or a pirate ship in about ten seconds flat, this is a groovy nod to that exact kind of magic. Sunny, laid-back, and playful, even on a gray day.

If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen

An imaginative boy dreams up the ultimate house, sketching in a racetrack, a flying playroom, and a gigantic slide as his ideas grow wilder with every rhyme.

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

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.

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Not a Box

Antoinette Portis

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran

A girl named Marian discovers a rocky desert hill across the road and transforms it with her sisters and friends into Roxaboxen — a whole imagined town built from stones, old boxes, and pure invention.

Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman

An endlessly imaginative girl transforms into robots, trees, and countless other characters through rhyming games, while her messy room and her mother's patience wait in the background.

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine

A small girl with big fashion opinions insists on wearing her own wild, colorful outfit — polka dots, stripes, and all — despite everyone in her family telling her to dress differently.

Hurricane by David Wiesner

After a hurricane knocks down an old elm tree in their yard, two brothers discover the fallen tree becomes a gateway to imaginary worlds and adventures.

Skippyjon Jones Snow What by Judy Schachner

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.

Not-a-Box City by Antoinette Portis

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.

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood

A girl named Sally travels to town walking backward and upside down, picking up a silly pig, a silly dog, and other funny friends who join her topsy-turvy parade.

Christina Katerina & the Box by Patricia Lee Gauch

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.