Books like The Sandman: The Story of Sanderson Mansnoozie
By William Joyce
For the kid who needs one more reason to trust that bedtime is safe, this is the origin story of the very fellow who fills their head with good dreams. Dreamy, moonlit, and quietly whimsical, with a touch of cosmic wonder.
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 girl and her walking house settle into a too-quiet neighborhood, so she puts up a sign inviting lost creatures in — goblins, mermaids, a dragon — and soon has a household that's lively but hard to manage.
A wide-awake girl insists she can only sleep in a blue room, so her mother brings flowers, tea, and lullaby bells — until moonlight itself swirls in to solve the problem.
A boy falls asleep holding a book and drifts into a wordless dream world where chess pieces come alive, a dragon appears, and landscapes shift from canyons into cities before his eyes.
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 who lives by the sea builds his own ship to sail out and find the magical place his late grandfather always spoke of, where the ocean meets the sky.
A little boy builds a snowman on a wintry day, and that night it comes alive, leading him into a magical adventure that includes a flight high above the sleeping countryside.
A crew of pirates returns to Jeremy Jacob's backyard to dig up their buried treasure, but first they must quiet his wailing baby sister, Bonney Anne, whom they accidentally woke up.
A rhymed journey traces unicorns from sun-dappled glades through the rise of knights, trains, and smog, asking again and again where these mystical creatures could have gone to hide.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
An overworked girl named Blanche shows kindness to a strange old witch-woman and follows her into a world of two-headed cows and dancing rabbits, where talking eggs offer a choice that will test her heart.
A mistreated girl finds comfort in a fish with golden eyes — and when her stepmother kills it, the fish's bones become a spirit that grants her a gown and golden slippers for the spring festival.
