When Grandma comes to visit, and his parents leave them alone, the boy's grandmother encourages him to imitate a jaguar, until completely transformed they venture out into the night, exploring the world from a new perspective, and with a new freedom--until it is difficult to distinguish imagination from reality.

While in bed at night, an imaginative child hears sirens from the nearby fire station and creates fantastic stories about what the firefighters are going to do.

When Flinn enters the classroom art closet for supplies, his imagination sends him on a high-seas adventure filled with pirates, dinosaurs, mystery, and swordfights.

Livi imagines herself as a snake, a gymnast, a rock star, and more as she tries to avoid taking a bath.

A young child imagines going off to Kindergarten as a journey to another planet.

Pretending to be a truck driver, Little Hippo runs into some roadblocks along the way, but his good friends help him reach his destination.

"Tiny speedcar racer, Max, goes on the imagined adventure of a lifetime after cleaning his room--over hot lava, across bright blue skies, through shark-infested waters, and past super-secret doors--until he finds his way back home to his mom...and the mess he made of his bedroom"--

A boy imagines what it would be like if he had such things as duck feet, a whale spout, and an elephant's trunk.

"In a world dazzled by the latest gadgets and mesmerized by Internet videos, the humble book seems like the most ordinary thing that could be. And perhaps it is--until you learn to look closer ... and closer ... and closer ... and you're suddenly in a world that only you can imagine."--

An artist celebrates the many things he can do with a simple pen, and encourages the reader to do the same.