Books like The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot
By Margaret McNamara
For the kid obsessed with planets, robots, and anything that crashes, smashes, or blasts off — this fractured fairy tale turns a bedtime classic into a chase across the solar system. Silly, noisy, and cosmic, with a familiar fairy tale beat underneath all the crashing
A man and his little dog head out early one winter morning to learn how to ski, but a run-in with a curious moose sends them flying through the air and hanging above a snowy abyss.
A forgetful young possum wanders into the swamp despite his mama's warnings, and must play dead again and again to survive whatever creature might be the legendary loup-garou.
A boy named Nathan decides to keep his first lost tooth instead of trading it away, setting off an all-out battle of wits with a Tooth Fairy determined not to lose.
A boy named Ned races a thousand miles to a surprise party, and every stroke of good luck — a borrowed airplane, a handy parachute — flips into disaster and back again.
Bored with ordinary weather, a king orders his royal magicians to invent something new to fall from the sky — and gets a sticky green goo called Oobleck that soon overwhelms his entire kingdom.
Warned to fear the Big Bad Mouse, the Gruffalo's curious child sneaks into the deep dark wood to hunt him down — only to spot the mouse and a mysterious giant shadow looming close behind.
An old woman known for her magic entrusts her helper with an everfull pasta pot but not its secret verse, so he sets it going alone — and can't make it stop.
A gang of robbers plots to steal every toy in London on Christmas Eve, but brave Officer Pugh springs into action to catch them — all except one crafty escapee, Grandma Swagg.
A grumpy Judge locks up prisoner after prisoner who warn him of a scary, hairy-tailed creature coming closer each day — until the monster proves all too real.
A boy too poor to buy the princess a birthday gift bakes her a cake instead, then faces trolls, bears, and gypsies while trying to deliver it to the castle in one piece.
A man and his dog set out on a peaceful camping trip, but a marshmallow-loving bear sends them plunging down a mountain and racing down a river toward a waterfall.
An ordinary rabbit discovers he can turn into a rusty nail by scratching his nose and wiggling his toes at once — until a one-eyed cat catches him and plans rabbit stew.
