Penny goes with her mom to work at the White House where her mom works for someone called POTUS, who Penny thinks must be a friendly monster with a name like that. When she sets off to find POTUS, she meets the woman who is President of the United States (POTUS). At first Penny is disappointed to learn POTUS is human, but she soon warms to the idea that she too could be president one day.

Livi imagines herself as an elephant, a Sherpa leading an expedition up Mount Everest, and a movie star signing autographs as she tries to avoid going to school.

As a young girl tries out a variety of career choices, from dancer to superhero, in different costumes and hairstyles, she discovers that sometimes it is best just to be herself.

A young girl imagines her own future as she puts on costumes and pretends to be great women from history, including Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Frederick, the field mouse sat on the old stone wall while his four brothers gathered food for the approaching winter days. The other mice felt that Frederick was not doing his share of the work, but when the food ran out, Frederick saved the day with what he had gathered.

The best part of blowing bubble is popping them, so when one of his bubbles gets away Dewey sets out in pursuit--because every last bubble must pop!

After guessing the identity of each animal before turning the page, the reader pretends to be a porcupine, bear, crocodile, and bumblebee.

"Miggy Brenneman is a wild and reckless seven-year-old with a fierce imagination ... Ellen is polite, cautious, and drawn to her friend's bright flame. While the adults around them adjust to unstable times and fractured relationships, the girls respond with increasingly dangerous play. When tragedy strikes, all the novel's characters grapple with questions of fate and individual responsibility, none more so than Miggy, who must make sense of a swiftly...

Poppa's move to an apartment brings his gardening to an end-- until granddaughter Theo comes up with an idea to grow a new, imaginary garden!

An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.