Books like There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
By Jack Kent
For the kid who's certain something is real even when grown-ups say otherwise, this book takes their side. Playful, absurd, and quietly wise, with a mounting sense of comic chaos.
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 rascally cat named Slinky Malinki turns into a nighttime thief, sneaking off to steal all sorts of things — until morning arrives and crime doesn't pay.
A witch and her cat fly happily on a broomstick until the wind blows away her hat, bow, and wand — and the animals who return them all want a ride, leaving no room to spare when a hungry dragon attacks.
A girl and her mummy are just sitting down to tea when the doorbell rings, and a big furry, stripy tiger walks in and eats and drinks everything in the house.
A worm records his everyday life in diary entries — playing with friends, going to school, and never having to take a bath — while figuring out the ups and downs of being small in a very big world.
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.
On a distant planet, a red Smed and a blue Smoo fall in love despite their families' rule that Smeds and Smoos never mix, sending both sides on a journey that tests old prejudices.
Three dust bunnies named Ed, Ned, and Ted love rhyming games — bug, rug, mug, hug — but a fourth named Bob keeps breaking the pattern, trying to warn them about a broom-wielding danger heading their way.
A horribly hideous ogre leaves his swampy home to seek adventure, crossing paths with a witch, a knight, and a dragon on his quest to find an equally ugly princess to marry.
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.
Two kids stuck inside on a rainy day get an uninvited visitor — a tall cat in a striped hat who promises fun and games while their mother is away.
A little red chicken just can't sit still through bedtime stories, jumping into Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood to save the characters herself, much to her patient papa's dismay.
