Books like Traction Man Is Here!
By Mini Grey
For the kid who turns bath time into a rescue mission and the sink into open ocean, Traction Man Is Here! puts their exact brand of imagination right on the page. Gleeful, deadpan-funny, mock-heroic, full of comic-strip energy
Six classic fairy tales get turned inside out in rhyme, as Cinderella, Snow-White, Little Red Riding Hood and others swap their storybook endings for wickedly unexpected ones.
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.
A child imagines an entire day as a horse — galloping through familiar settings, wondering if they'd fit in their clothes, and whether a little sister would get a ride.
A cheerful little woman chases a runaway rice dumpling deep underground, where she falls into the clutches of a wicked three-eyed oni and must use her wits to escape.
A Siamese kitten convinced he's really a Chihuahua named Skippito blasts off to Mars, certain the red planet is covered in spicy pepper, ready to meet craters, crazies, and creatures along the way.
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 boy builds the perfect sand castle at the beach and a dragon moves in — but when no one believes his amazing new friend is real, the dragon starts causing mischief to prove a point.
A Siamese cat who imagines he's a bold Chihuahua bounces into his closet and lands in a snowy make-believe forest, where the seven Chimichangos dare him to kiss a frozen princess awake.
Three pigs build their familiar houses of straw, sticks, and bricks, but when the wolf huffs one pig right out of the story's pages, all three escape into a wild landscape of other tales entirely.
A kid dreams up the ultimate shortcut to awesome: a magical Robo-Sauce that turns squishy little humans into giant, laser-eyed, rocket-footed robots — no beans, baths, or bedtime required.
A furry blue monster begs the reader directly, page after page, not to keep turning — because there's a monster waiting at the very end of the book.
A young princess falls ill and declares she'll only get better if she has the moon, sending the king's wisest advisors scrambling until the court jester finds an answer no one else thought to try.
