Abruptly spending a week in a northern Minnesota forest with the mother he has never met, a boy with a faithful imaginary dog learns to camp, canoe, and endure the elements while wondering if his mother will ever return home.

Teased by his friends for having an imaginary playmate, Chad tries to bid Pingo farewell but Pingo refuses to leave.

Jane, who spends a lot of time alone as a child while her mother works as head of a Broadway theater company, develops a friendship with an imaginary man named Michael, and meets him again when she is in her thirties.

A young boy manages to get his busy father's attention with the help of a special imaginary friend.

Zaira sees dolphins at play in the town fountain every day, and in the company of her imaginary friends she ignores the mockery of the other children, until one day she arrives to discover the fountain is dry.

Emma Kate and her best friend share many activities, such as homework and soccer practice, and even have their tonsils out at the same time, all the things best friends do. But there is more to this best friend than meets the eye.

"[A] book about the enduring love between a little girl and her childhood friend, Bear ... Through all the many ups and downs of a little girl's childhood, Bear is there to provide love and support. Until it is time to say goodbye ... and hello again"--

School has been pretty good so far. Dory has made a real true friend whose imagination and high spirits as are big as her own. Reading is proving to be a challenge, but having a loose tooth makes her feel special. Suddenly, Mrs. Gobble Gracker, Dory's imaginary enemy, starts appearing in unlikely places. Dory and her friend can only imagine that she's there to prevent the Tooth Fairy from visiting. This calls for some heroic plans worthy of this high-spirited...

This silly yet sophisticated picture book is a gift that will make kids AND parents laugh-the perfect story for reading aloud! For fans of Strictly No Elephants A child takes a dog for a walk. At least, so the child insists. But nobody else sees a dog! Neighbors try to figure out why a child is walking a banana on a leash, while the child tries to make them understand that the banana is really a dog. A dog named Banana! Butit can't be. Can it? My...

When a fever confines eleven-year-old Paul to bed, he folds paper to create imaginary playmates and to transport himself into other worlds. Includes instructions for paper folding.