Books like The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone
By Timothy Basil Ering
For the kid who turns junk drawers into treasure chests and believes something magical is hiding in the pile of stuff nobody else looks at twice. surreal, dreamlike, and quietly hopeful, with a junkyard-fantasy glow
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 little girl with a boundless imagination becomes a mermaid, a wolf-raised boy, a wonderland wanderer, and more, turning cushions into castles and boxes into boats.
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.
A boy finds a salamander in the woods and imagines turning his own bedroom into a perfect woodland home, adding moss, trees, and stars to keep it happy.
A young man buys a violin for one silver piece, and the moment he plays it, fish take to the air, cows start dancing, and apple trees sprout cake and ice cream.
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 collection of poems imagines a curious inn run by poet William Blake, where dragons, angels, and a Man in the Moon all check in for the night.
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 boy with a summer to fill decides to grow his own civilization from scratch, planting a mystery crop that towers over him and ends up supplying food, clothing, shelter, and games.
A string of paper dolls, made and named by a little girl, escape a toy dinosaur and a snapping oven-glove crocodile on a journey through the house and garden — until a very real pair of scissors threatens them.
A journey through a string of impossible moments — a swing that soars past treetops, a bike path made of falling leaves, balloons that turn a gray sky postcard-perfect — where the everyday world quietly becomes something else entirely.
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.
