Open Court

 

Grade 3

 

Imagination

                

 

398.2 Sny                    

           Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.  The princess and the giants.  [1st ed.].

                New York : Atheneum, 1973.  A farm girl's vivid imagination

                changes her world into a kingdom where her house is a

                castle, the adults are giants, and she is a princess.

 

398.2 You                    

           Young, Ed,.  Seven blind mice.  New York : Philomel Books, c1992.

                Retells in verse the Indian fable of the blind men

                discovering different parts of an elephant and arguing about

                its appearance. The illustrations depict the blind arguers

                as mice.

 

759.4 Ven                    

           Venezia, Mike.  Picasso.  Chicago : Childrens Press, c1988.

                Briefly examines the life and work of the renowned

                twentieth-century artist, describing and giving examples

                from his various periods or styles.

 

Bil Hmo E Tib                 

           Tibo, Gilles.  Simon and his boxes : Xaimeem thiab nws cov thawv.

                Union City, Calif. : Pan Asian Publications, c1996.  When

                Simon builds lots of houses from boxes, the animals and fish

                will not stay in them since they already have homes of their

                own, so he finds something else to do with his boxes.

 

E Bar                        

           Barrett, Judi.  Cloudy with a chance of meatballs.  New York :

                London : Aladdin Books ; Collier Macmillan, 1982, c1978.

                Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it

                rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows

                storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the

                worse.

 

E Bro                        

           Browne, Anthony.  Changes.  1st American ed.  New York : Knopf :

                Distributed by Random House, c1990.  As he waits at home for

                his parents to return, a young boy ponders his father's

                remark "Things are going to change around here" and begins

                to imagine all kinds of changes in the world around him.

 

E Bur                        

           Burningham, John.  Time to get out of the bath, Shirley.  New

                York : Crowell, c1978.  During her bath Shirley is off on a

                series of imaginative adventures about which her mother,

                tidying up the bathroom, has no idea.

 

E Bur                        

           Bursik, Rose.  Amelia's fantastic flight.  1st ed.  New York : H.

                Holt, c1992.  A young girl builds her own airplane and flies

                around the world, "freezing in Finland," "charmed by China,"

                and getting "a kick out of Kenya"--before returning home for

                dinner.

 

E Bus                        

           Bush, Timothy.  James in the house of Aunt Prudence.  1st ed.

                New York : Crown, 1993.  While visiting his great-aunt, a

                young boy spends the afternoon being chased through the

                house by an assortment of creatures led by the Mouse King.

 

E Car                         

           Carrick, Carol.  Patrick's dinosaurs.  New York : Clarion

                Books/Houghton Mifflin, c1983.  When his older brother talks

                about dinosaurs during a visit to the zoo, Patrick is

                afraid, until he discovers they are extinct.

 

E Caz                        

           Cazet, Denys.  Frosted glass.  New York : Bradbury Press, c1987.

                Gregory the dog's vivid imagination gets him in trouble at

                school, leading him to draw cities and spaceships when he

                should be doing something else, but his artistic ability

                does not go unrecognized.

 

E Chw                        

           Chwast, Seymour.  Harry, I need you!  Boston, Mass. : Houghton

                Mifflin, 2002.  When Harry's mother calls him to get out of

                bed to see a surprise, he tries to imagine what it could be.

 

E Dor                        

           Dorros, Arthur.  Abuela.  New York : Dutton Children's Books,

                c1991.  While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little

                girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly

                over the sights of New York City.

 

E Fei                        

           Feiffer, Jules.  Meanwhile--  1st ed.  [New York, N.Y.?] :

                HarperCollins Publishers, c1997.  Using a "magical" word

                from his comic books, Raymond escapes his mother's calls

                into a series of dangerous adventures.

 

E Hof                        

           Hoff, Syd, 1912-.  Henrietta's Halloween.  Champaign, Ill. :

                Garrard Pub. Co., c1980.  Despite Mr. Gray's warnings about

                Halloween night and the eerie tricks her imagination plays

                on her, Henrietta dons a costume and attempts to trick Mr.

                Gray.

 

E Hof                        

           Hoff, Syd, 1912-.  The horse in Harry's room.  New York : Harper

                & Row, [1970].  Although no one else could see it, Harry was

                very pleased to have a horse in his room.

 

E Hur                        

           Hurd, Edith Thacher, 1910-.  No funny business.  New York, :

                Harper, [1962].  When Carl the cat is left at home while the

                family goes on a picnic, he goes to sleep and dreams that he

                is on the picnic and having all kinds of adventures.

 

E Isa                        

           Isadora, Rachel.  Ben's trumpet.  1st ed.  New York : Greenwillow

                Books, c1979.  Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only

                an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a

                neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.

 

E Isa                        

           Isadora, Rachel.  The pirates of Bedford Street.  New York :

                Greenwillow Books, c1988.  After Joey and his sisters see a

                pirate film at the movie theater, the adventures of Captain

                Redbeard continue--if only in Joey's imagination.

 

E Jon                        

           Jonas, Ann.  The trek.  1st ed.  New York : Greenwillow Books,

                c1985.  The city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as

                a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all

                the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even

                fruit.

 

E Kea                        

           Keats, Ezra Jack.  Dreams.

 

E Kea                        

           Keats, Ezra Jack,.  Regards to the man in the moon.  1st Aladdin

                Books ed.  New York : Aladdin Books.  With the help of his

                imagination, his parents, and a few scraps of junk, Louie

                and his friends travel through space.

 

E LeS                        

           LeSieg, Theo., 1904-.  I wish that I had duck feet,.  New York, :

                Beginner Books, [1965].  A boy imagines what it would be

                like if he had such things as duck feet, a whale spout, and

                an elephant's trunk.

 

E Lio                        

           Lionni, Leo, 1910-.  Frederick.  New York : Distributed by Random

                House, : Knopf, 1987, c1967.  Frederick, the poet mouse,

                stores up something special for the long cold winter.

 

E Nes                        

           Ness, Evaline.  Sam, Bangs and Moonshine.

 

E Par                        

           Paraskevas, Betty.  Shamlanders.  1st ed.  San Diego : Harcourt

                Brace Jovanovich, c1993.  A child wanders through a strange

                desertscape inhabited by Shamlanders, polka-dot beasts, and

                argyle sheep, among other fantastc beings, until he is

                transported via a bouquet of glowing balloons to his own

                bed.

 

E Roo                        

           Root, Phyllis.  Moon tiger.  1st ed.  New York : Holt, Rinehart,

                and Winston, c1985.  After getting in trouble because of her

                little brother Michael, Jessica Ellen imagines a visit from

                a wonderful giant tiger who can take her flying through the

                night or eat Michael.

 

E Ros                        

           Ross, Michael Elsohn, 1952-.  Become a bird and fly!  Brookfield,

                CT : Millbrook Pres, c1992.  Using his imagination, Nicky

                changes into a bird and takes flight.

 

E Spi                         

           Spier, Peter.  Dreams.  1st ed.  Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday,

                c1986.  Two children watch cloud formations and interpret

                them for themselves.

 

E Vau                        

           Vaughan, Marcia K.  We're going on a ghost hunt.  1st ed.  San

                Diego : Silver Whistle, c2001.  When trick-or-treaters let

                their imaginations run wild, ordinary backyard items seem

                spooky, so that a mud puddle looks like a swamp and tree

                branches look like skeletons.

 

E Wie                        

           Wiesner, David.  Hurricane.  New York : Clarion Books, c1990.

                The morning after a hurricane, two brothers find an uprooted

                tree which becomes a magical place, transporting them on

                adventures limited only by their imaginations.

 

E Wil                        

           Williams, Vera B.  Cherries and cherry pits.  1st ed.  New York :

                Greenwillow Books, c1986.  Bidemmi draws pictures and tells

                stories about cherries.

 

F And                        

           Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.  The emperor's new

                clothes.  1st ed.  Boston : Little, Brown, c1984.  During a

                royal procession, an emperor wears an invisible suit of

                clothes made for him by two swindlers.

 

F Bul                        

           Bulla, Clyde Robert.  The chalk box kid.  New York : Random

                House, c1987.  Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have

                room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very

                different garden in an unusual place.

 

F Cam                        

           Cameron, Ann, 1943-.  Stories Julian tells.  New York : a

                Yearling Book, 2001, c1981.  Relates episodes in

                seven-year-old Julian's life which include what he did to

                his fig tree, his strange meeting with the spice lady, and a

                late night trip with his father and younger brother.

 

F Cle                        

           Cleary, Beverly.  Emily's runaway imagination.  New York :

                Morrow, 1961.  Emily's imagination helps bring a library to

                her town of Pitchfork, Oregon.

 

F Con                        

           Conford, Ellen.  Jenny Archer, author.  1st ed.  Boston : Little,

                Brown, c1989.  Stymied by an assignment to write her

                autobiography, Jenny decides to enhance her life story by

                using her considerable imagination.

 

F Dad                        

           Dadey, Debbie.  Bogeymen don't play football.  New York :

                Scholastic, c1997.  Howie and his friends are not sure what

                to think of their new student teacher, Mr. Bogey, the big

                mysterious football player who may be the Bogeyman.

 

F Kin                         

           King, Cynthia.  The year of Mr. Nobody.  1st ed.  New York :

                Harper & Row, c1978.  A little boy gradually outgrows his

                dependence on his imaginary friend.

 

F Mac                        

           MacLachlan, Patricia.  Through Grandpa's eyes.  1st ed.  New York

                : Harper & Row, [1980].  A young boy learns a different way

                of seeing the world from his blind grandfather.

 

PB e                         

           Khalsa, Dayal Kaur.  I want a dog.  1st ed.  New York : C.N.

                Potter : Distributed by Crown Publishers, c1987.  When her

                parents refuse to get her a dog, May creates an imaginary

                dog out of a roller skate.

 

PB e                         

           Dudko, Mary Ann.  Baby Bop pretends.  Allen, Tex. : Barney Pub.,

                c1994.  Baby Bop pretends to be a doctor, a firefighter, a

                zookeeper, etc.

 

PB e                          

           McLerran, Alice, 1933-.  Roxaboxen.  New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :

                Puffin Books, 1992.  A hill covered with rocks and wooden

                boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and

                their friends.

 

PB f                         

           McEwan, Ian.  The daydreamer.  1st Harper Trophy ed.  New York :

                HarperTrophy, 1996, c1994.  An imaginative ten-year-old boy

                who is misunderstood by most grown-ups has a number of

                remarkable adventures while daydreaming.

 

PB f                         

           Korman, Gordon.  Liar, liar, pants on fire.  New York :

                Scholastic, 1999, c1997.  Zoe, an imaginative third grader,

                thinks that she has to make things up to be interesting,

                until a good friend and an eagle convince her that she does

                not have to lie to be special.

 

VC                           

           Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine.