Meanwhile--
Raymond, in an effort to escape doing chores for his mother, decides to try using the comic book device of writing "meanwhile" to transport himself to a different location, and finds himself in all sorts of dangerous adventures.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 500
subjects: mother and child, adventure and adventurers, comic books, strips, etc, helpfulness, mother-child relationship, adventure stories, cartoons and comics, adventure fiction [X], imagination [X]
Alien Eraser Unravels The Mystery Of The Pyramids
Did aliens build the pyramids? Will a magic love potion bring Mom and Dad back together? And what do school science, mummified apples, and alien erasers have to do with it? In a second zany, jam-packed graphic novel, Max jots down his worst fears and best brainstorms.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: boys, imagination [X], pyramids, extraterrestrial beings, magic, science fiction, adventure fiction [X], adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, egypt
The Legend Of The Golden Snail
Wilbur loves the legend of the Golden Snail, an enchanted galleon, and vows to become its next master.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
The Phantom Tollbooth
For Milo, everything's a bore. When a tollbooth mysteriously appears in his room, he drives through only because he's got nothing better to do.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 209
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1000
subjects: fantasy, boredom, fantasy fiction, adventure fiction [X], adventure and adventurers, adventure stories, imagination [X], fairy tales, numerals, large type books, large print books
The Slippery Map
Oyster R. Motel, a lonely boy raised as a foundling in a Baltimore nunnery, travels to the imaginary world of his parents.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 660
Starring Grace
Grace and her friends have all sorts of adventures during their summer vacation--going to the circus, taking an imaginary safari, making friends with an elderly neighbor, pretending to be astronauts, and calling the paramedics when her grandmother has an accident.
FIC
year: 2001
copies: 33
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: friendship, african americans, play, grandmothers, summer, imagination [X], grace (fictitious character : hoffman), adventure fiction [X], adventure stories
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer
A simplified, abridged version of the adventures and pranks of a mischievous boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the early nineteenth century, accompanied by a short biography of Mark Twain and an essay focusing on the story's lessons of imagination.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
What If...? Then We...
"Two polar bear friends have a thrilling adventure as they imagine solutions to a variety of possible situations"--Amazon.
FIC
year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: polar bears, adventure fiction [X], friendship, imagination [X], animals, adventure stories, animal fiction, action and adventure fiction, picture books
The Secret Cat
"Lucy yearns for a pet, so when a mysterious cat named Silvring appears one night, Lucy follows her on an amazing adventure"--OCLC.
FIC
year:
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: cats, imagination [X], pets, animals, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction [X], animal fiction, action and adventure fiction, picture books
Madame Badobedah
"Mabel likes to keep an eye on all the comings and goings at the Mermaid Hotel.
FIC
year:
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: imagination [X], friendship, hotels, adventure stories, fantasy, adventure and adventurers, hotels and motels, adventure fiction [X], fantasy fiction, action and adventure fiction
Just A Story
"A young reader comes upon an alluring book and he starts to read, becoming blissfully unaware of increasingly odd and outlandish occurrences looming all around him"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: books and reading, adventure stories, imagination [X], adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, picture books
Violet And The Woof
"Riding their building's elevator and traveling the hallways past apartment doors to bring soup to a sick neighbor, Violet and Peter encounter both real and imagined adventure--getting lost in the laundry room, running into a troll, and escaping scary noises in the nick of time, only to find that their poor sick neighbor looks like a wolf!"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: brothers and sisters, imagination [X], neighborliness, adventure stories, adventure and adventurers, siblings, friendship, adventure fiction [X], juvenile fiction / animals / wolves & coyotes, juvenile fiction / fairy tales & folklore / adaptations, juvenile fiction / imagination & play, picture books, action and adventure fiction
Happy Dreams, Little Bunny
When Little Bunny is restless at bedtime, Mommy encourages him to imagine the adventures he will have in his dreams once he is asleep.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bedtime, imagination [X], mother-son relationship, rabbits, adventure fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, picture books
The Queen In The Cave
"Once upon a time there were three sisters: Franca, Carmela, and Tomasina.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: queens, latinos (u.s.), family life, imagination [X], adventure fiction [X], action and adventure fiction, picture books