In this wordless picture book, a young outfielder imagines all the terrifying ways he might not catch the baseball, and one way that he can.

"From this first stanza, readers are invited to pay attention--and to see that paying attention itself is poetry. Kwame Alexander and Deanna Nikaido's playful text and Melissa Sweet's dynamic, inventive artwork are paired together to encourage readers to listen, feel, and discover the words that dance in the world around them--poems just waiting to be written down."--

"By heeding their wise grandmother's advice, a brother and sister discover the ability to lift themselves up and imagine a better world."--

Yes, there's something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous on every page of this book. But it's not a mistake -- it's nonsense! Nonsense lies at the heart of many beloved nursery rhymes. Children readily accept odd statements like "the cow jumped over the moon" and "the dish ran away with the spoon." This fanciful bending of reality is also basic to surrealism. In this book, nonsense and surrealism combine to spark creativity...

"Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, simple directions lead the reader to experiment with mixing and changing colors on the printed page." --

Buzz is writing a fairy tale for homework, and Fly Guy naturally assumes the role of a handsome prince, who fends off a giant and rescues a beautiful princess.

A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father.

An imaginative mouse learns life lessons while living her life.

On the first day of school, a young boy expects only the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monstrous" Mrs. Green.

A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.