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Creativity & Imagination

The books about imagination that work best don't talk about imagination. They just embody it. These 0 books celebrate the interior life: the games played alone, the worlds invented, the things made from nothing but time and attention.

Books that celebrate the kid who colors outside the lines, invents impossible machines, and sees what others miss.

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Creativity & Imagination Books for Kids | Wonderlit

10,800 books about creativity & imagination

0–3 yrs2967 books

4–7 yrs5120 books

8–11 yrs1983 books

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Cover of Really Truly Bingo

Really Truly Bingo

Laura McGee Kvasnosky

Bea's mom tells her to play outside, sparking an imaginative adventure with a talking dog, Bingo. Together, they embark

Cover of Melia and Jo

Scientific Melia builds amazing things in her backyard lab, but her inventions only truly come to life when she teams up

Cover of Andy & Sandy's Anything Adventure

Andy & Sandy #2

Andy & Sandy's Anything Adventure

Tomie dePaola, Jim Lewis

Andy is quiet and Sandy is loud, but these two opposites prove that a little dress-up and a big imagination are all you

1...6 7 8 9 10...450

12–18 yrs

404 books

Cover of Ms. Coco Is Loco!

My Weird School #16

Ms. Coco Is Loco!

Dan Gutman

Ms. Coco is obsessed with Poetry Month, speaking only in rhyme and crying at sunsets, leaving A.J. wondering if school w

Ages 6–10

Cover of The Golden Road

The Story Girl #2

The Golden Road

L. M. Montgomery

Sara Stanley returns to Carlisle, joining the King children to launch a local magazine and capture the spirit of their t

Cover of The Night I Followed the Dog

The Night I Followed the Dog

An ordinary dog leads a double life of glamour, limousines, and nighttime jazz clubs that his owner never suspected.

Cover of What We'll Build

What We'll Build

Join a father and daughter as they use special tools to build their life together, crafting memories, a safe home, and w

Cover of Black and White

Black and White

For families who enjoy puzzling mysteries and surreal humor, this graphic novel challenges perceptions and invites imagi

Cover of Rosie Revere, Engineer

The Questioneers #2

Rosie Revere, Engineer

Rosie tinkers with gizmos and gadgets in secret, but a visit from her adventurous aunt proves that a crashing contraptio

Cover of Gingerbread Christmas

Gingerbread Baby #3

Gingerbread Christmas

The Gingerbread Baby is a hit at the Christmas Festival, but he must lead a merry chase to a giant holiday tree once the

Cover of Llama Llama Colors

Llama Llama Colors

Join Llama Llama as he gets creative with orange carrots, green peas, and other colorful foods to paint a portrait of Ma

Cover of A Girl from Yamhill

A Girl from Yamhill

For the young reader who wonders how a writer finds their voice, this memoir explores the childhood moments and Depressi

Cover of Neville

Moving to a new neighborhood is lonely until a boy finds a creative, mysterious way to get all his neighbors calling out

Cover of Mouse Soup

I Can Read Level 2

A clever mouse must talk his way out of a pot of boiling water by convincing a hungry weasel that stories are the most i

Cover of My Elephant

When the grown-ups are too busy to play, a little boy brings a giant elephant to life in his mind to keep him company.

Cover of Can I Keep Him?

Can I Keep Him?

Arnold asks to keep a wild variety of animals as pets, but his mother says no to every single one—until he suggests brin

Cover of Other Goose

Humpty Dumpty and Miss Muffet return in this zany, re-rhymed collection featuring quirky artwork and a showstopping fina

Cover of The Christmas Blizzard

The Christmas Blizzard

Lizzard, Indiana gets so cold that Santa Claus moves in during a wild two-week snowstorm in this exaggerated winter tall

Cover of Big Bunny

Rowboat Watkins

How big is Big Bunny? This silly, philosophical tale questions how stories are built and keeps you guessing until the ve

Cover of The Arkadians

Lloyd Alexander

An honest young man, a girl with mystical powers, and a poet who has been turned into a donkey flee a wicked king in thi

Cover of Only the Best

Kate Messner, Margaret E. Powell

From a small Alabama shop to designing Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding dress, Ann Lowe became a fashion icon by never accep

Cover of Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting

R. Caldecott's Picture Books #11

Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting

Randolph Caldecott

Vintage line drawings and classic nursery rhymes provide a window into the past while leaving plenty of white space for

Cover of Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud

Susan Goldman Rubin's Great Artists

Delicious: The Life & Art of Wayne Thiebaud

Susan Goldman Rubin

Towering cakes, colorful candies, and bustling cityscapes come to life through the vibrant brushes and sugary palette of

Cover of The Year We Learned to Fly

The Day You Begin #2

The Year We Learned to Fly

Jacqueline Woodson

For children facing moments of boredom, restriction, or struggle, this lyrical tale reveals how the power of your mind c