Books like The Tooth Fairy Wars
By Kate Coombs
For the kid who negotiates over everything from bedtime to broccoli, watching Nathan go toe-to-toe with the Tooth Fairy herself is pure vindication. Cheeky, escalating, and gleefully stubborn.
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.
Three little aliens set off to build new homes across the solar system, but when the Big Bad Robot arrives to crack and smack and whack their houses down, only one who remembered his mother's advice built something strong enough to survive.
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.
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 relentlessly cheerful stranger follows a grumpy skeptic everywhere, asking him to try green eggs and ham in a box, on a train, in the rain — anywhere, everywhere.
A strong-willed pig grows tired of every girl around her dressing as the same ruffly, sparkly fairy princess and sets off on a quest to figure out what makes her stand out instead.
A crafty fox wants a bunch of grapes hanging just out of reach, and after every scheme he can think of fails, he decides they must have been sour all along.
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.
A bored little girl meets a talking potato who claims kids are the truly boring ones, so she sets out to prove him wrong with cartwheels, jokes, and wild imagination.
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 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.
A 700-year-old witch and an 800-year-old witch discover their Halloween pumpkin has been snitched and set off into the night to track it down.
