Books to inspire your imagination
These picture books are all about the power of imagination.
Be inspired to imagine new worlds and new words with your children!
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Nightlights
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Nightlights
A remarkable, haunting and beautiful graphic novel for younger readers, Nightlights is a magical fable about creativity and believ…
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Play the Shape Game
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Play the Shape Game
Celebrities, authors and illustrators join the Children's Laureate Anthony Browne in this fun novelty book encouraging children to…
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Nimesh the Adventurer
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Nimesh the Adventurer
This captivating picture book will delight young children, encouraging them to invent their own imaginative adventures. The striki…
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
Seeing the world from the imaginary friend's viewpoint, rather than the child's, sheds fresh light on this familiar yet magical fr…
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Footpath Flowers
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Footpath Flowers
A little girl spreads joy and colour through the grey townscape, when she picks and presents flowers from the pavements to the peo…
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The Vanishing Lake
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The Vanishing Lake
Can Maera and Grandad solve the mystery of the vanishing lake? A lovely starting point for chats about imagination and amazing nat…
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A Child of Books
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A Child of Books
A little girl sails across the sea of her imagination to ask a little boy to come away with her to find stories again, worried tha…
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Are We There Yet?
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Are We There Yet?
A little boy is on the way to his Grandma's birthday party in the car with mum and dad, but after the first hour, the journey gets…
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Also an Octopus
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Also an Octopus
This is a lovely story about storytelling which extends the invitation to the reader to continue the tale after the last page has …
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The Black Book of Colours
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The Black Book of Colours
A visually impaired boy introduces us to colours as he experiences them – through his senses of hearing, touch, smell and ta…
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Use Your Imagination
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Use Your Imagination
Rabbit is bored, so librarian Wolf suggests that he writes a story. Rabbit is delighted - what a brilliant idea! Wolf is full of g…
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The Day the Crayons Quit
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The Day the Crayons Quit
Award-winning illustrator and artist Oliver Jeffers has teamed up with film writer and director Drew Daywalt to create this gorgeo…
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Yokki and the Parno Gry
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Yokki and the Parno Gry
Yokki and his family are travellers. After a particularly poor harvest, Yokki raises people's spirits with his uplifting stories o…
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The King and the Sea
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The King and the Sea
The King and the Sea is a collection of 21 extremely short stories that each feature the same little king. Each story is presented…
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The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
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The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real
Since 1922, The Velveteen Rabbit has grabbed the hearts of families everywhere. It's the story of a toy rabbit who becomes 'Real' …
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Looking After William
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Looking After William
A little girl announces that she's going to be William's mummy for the day - and it soon becomes clear that William is her father.…
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