Books like Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest
By Gerald McDermott
For the kid who roots for the clever underdog and asks 'but how did he do it?' on every page, this myth delivers a hero who wins with wit instead of muscle. Bold, mythic, and visually striking, with the hush of an origin story being told around a fire.
A cheerful little woman chases a runaway rice dumpling deep underground, where she falls into the clutches of a wicked three-eyed oni and must use her wits to escape.
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 Siamese kitten convinced he's really a Chihuahua named Skippito blasts off to Mars, certain the red planet is covered in spicy pepper, ready to meet craters, crazies, and creatures along the way.
Six classic fairy tales get turned inside out in rhyme, as Cinderella, Snow-White, Little Red Riding Hood and others swap their storybook endings for wickedly unexpected ones.
A frontier giant named Swamp Angel lassos tornadoes and drinks lakes dry, then takes on Thundering Tarnation, a bear threatening settlers' winter food, in a wrestling match that spans mountains and lake.
In 1783 France, a wildly ambitious crowd readies the very first hot-air balloon flight — except the passengers turn out to be a duck, a rooster, and a sheep, not people.
A little brown bird gets tired of chirping the same old song as every other bird, dog, and cat in the neighborhood, so she invents a brand-new sound — and it spreads.
A small owl who has always dreamed of knighthood gets his chance during Knight Night Watch, when a huge, frightening intruder appears at the castle he's sworn to protect.
A child imagines an entire day as a horse — galloping through familiar settings, wondering if they'd fit in their clothes, and whether a little sister would get a ride.
A young witch's child faces the Blue Witch, who threatens to turn her into a turtle unless she comes along — but Dorrie fights back with reducing powder and shrinks the villain down to size.
A boy wakes up one morning shrunk to the size of a mouse, and has to handle everyday chores — making his bed, brushing his teeth, watching his baby brother — at a tiny scale, cat included.
