Fantasy Picture Books
Pippa's night parade
by Lisa Robinson

Using her wild imagination to dream up adorable creations, young Pippa finds the limits of her creativity tested on a night when monsters sneak out of her storybooks to scare her. 
Not quite narwhal
by Jessie Sima

Born under the sea to a family of narwhals, a little unicorn begins questioning his differences when an extra-strong current sweeps him to the ocean's surface, where he discovers other creatures like himself. A first picture book. 
Uni the unicorn
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Uni the unicorn believes that little girls are real.
Dragon was terrible
by Kelly DiPucchio

A particularly terrible dragon who scribbles in books, steals candy from baby unicorns and burps in church is tamed by the power of stories and the support of long-suffering royals, knights, villagers and an unlikely hero.
The mermaid
by Jan Brett

A vibrantly illustrated adaptation of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," inspired by the author's visits to the Okinawa coast, depicts a curious young mermaid's mischievous and magical exploration of an octopus family's home. 
Spells
by Emily Gravett

Finding an old book of spells with torn pages, a little frog tries to match up missing pieces in the hope of finding the one that will make him a handsome prince, but he quickly discovers that the process of trial-and-error isn't such a good thing when it comes to performing magic.
Journey
by Aaron Becker

Using a red marker, a young girl draws a door on her bedroom wall and through it enters another world where she experiences many adventures, including being captured by an evil emperor.
Another
by Christian Robinson

A girl and her cat take an imaginative journey into another world where things are similar, but not exactly the same as in her world
The wall in the middle of the book
by Jon Agee

A silly knight, standing firmly on one side of a wall, believes his side to be the safe one and fails to notice crocodiles and a growing sea of water before he is rescued by someone from the other side of the wall who is not as scary as he thought, in a metaphorical tale by the award-winning creator of It's Only Stanley.
A big mooncake for Little Star
by Grace Lin

The award-winning creator of When the Sea Turned to Silver traces a lighthearted origin story about the phases of the moon and a little girl who can't resist taking a nibble of the delicious Mooncake.
Drawn together
by Minh Lê

Struggling throughout a visit with his grandfather when they cannot speak each other's language, a young boy discovers their mutual love of art and storytelling during a shared session of drawing that helps them form a bond beyond words. Illustrated by the Caldecott Award-winning artist of The Adventures of Beekle. 35,000 first printing
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