Books like Shrek!
By William Steig
For the kid who roots for the monster instead of the hero, Shrek turns ugly into something to celebrate rather than fix. Gleefully grotesque, swaggering, and proudly gross-out funny.
A kid dreams up the ultimate shortcut to awesome: a magical Robo-Sauce that turns squishy little humans into giant, laser-eyed, rocket-footed robots — no beans, baths, or bedtime required.
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 boy named Billy Bixbee finds a tiny dragon in his bedroom, but when his mom insists dragons don't exist, the ignored dragon just keeps growing bigger and bigger.
A sweet-loving boy with the head of an elephant breaks his tusk biting into a giant jawbreaker laddoo, then discovers from the wise poet Vyasa that a broken tusk can still be useful.
A curious kid wonders why snowmen look different every morning — crooked grins, shifted arms — and imagines the wild games they must be sneaking off to play all night long.
The messiest monster in Booville and her fussiest, cleanest neighbor argue constantly — until Harry Beastie's wild Halloween party throws these two feuding creatures together.
A newly out-of-work princess sets out to win a prince's hand by passing a queen's tricky tests — but the real question is whether a crown is even the prize she wants.
A little girl wakes up one Thursday with a full set of antlers growing out of her head, and while the doctor and school principal panic, the cook and kitchen maid find surprising uses for them.
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 young girl with skin the color of midnight longs to be lighter like her mother and sister, until a shooting star's story about the sisters Night and Day changes how she sees herself.
A little fly who can already walk on walls, see in every direction, and fly keeps a diary of her big dream: becoming a full-fledged superhero, alongside best friends Worm and Spider.
A boy builds the perfect sand castle at the beach and a dragon moves in — but when no one believes his amazing new friend is real, the dragon starts causing mischief to prove a point.
