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• Book Match | Alameda County Library

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  Fill out a survey with information about your reading tastes, and one of our matchmakers will send you a personalized reading list within two weeks. You can select a specific matchmaker, or you can fill out a general survey and one of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Book One, [1985-1988]

  Watterson, Bill,

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  A collection about the hijinks of a boy named Calvin, and his stuffed tiger best friend, Hobbes.

• Ellie's Dragon

  Graham, Bob, 1942-

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  Ellie finds a tiny dragon when she is also very young. As she grows, so does the dragon, whom Ellie has named Scratch. Other children can see Scratch, but adults cannot. As Ellie grows older and gets busier, Scratch grows larger, but more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dory Fantasmagory

  Hanlon, Abby,

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  Dory is the annoying youngest sibling and has a very active imagination! When her older siblings don't want to play with her, Dory creates an imaginary friend to join in all of her adventures.

• Crenshaw

  Applegate, Katherine,

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  "A story about a homeless boy and his imaginary friend that proves in unexpected ways that friends matter, whether real or imaginary."

• The Phantom Tollbooth

  Juster, Norton, 1929-

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  "Milo, a young boy with little interest in anything, takes a trip through the Phantom Tollbooth to the Lands Beyond where he meets an enchanting cast of characters that teaches him the importance of words, numbers, ideas, creativity, and enthusiasm…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Nowhere Box

  Zuppardi, Sam,

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  "A little boy tries to get away from his two little brothers because they are always following him around. George, the young boy, discovers an empty box from the new washing machine and hides in it but finds out it is lonelier than he thought."

• The Cardboard Kingdom

  Sell, Chad,

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  "Follows the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who create costumes from cardboard and use their imagination in adventures with knights, robots, and monsters."

• The Imaginary

  Harrold, A. F., 1975-

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  "Rudger, an imaginary playmate, must find his friend Amanda before he fades away to nothing, while eluding the only other person who can see him, evil Mr. Bunting, who hunts--and possibly even eats--imaginaries."

• Daisy Dreamer and the Totally True Imaginary Friend

  Anna, Holly,

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  "In the first book of the Daisy Dreamer series, 7-year-old Daisy Dreamer learns that everything she's ever imagined or drawn is all real! She meets her totally true imaginary friend, Posey, who invites Daisy to explore the extraordinary world filled…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poppy Pickle

  Yarlett, Emma,

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  "Poppy has the most extraordinary imagination. When she is sent upstairs to tidy her room, she just can't help imagining and suddenly ... her imagination literally comes alive. Soon her room is jam-packed with all kinds of weird and wonderful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zola's Elephant

  De Sève, Randall,

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  "A little girl hesitates to initiate a friendship with her new neighbor Zola because she imagines Zola is busy with another friend--an elephant."

• 100 Friends

  Bernstein, Ariel,

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  Meet Warren, and his friend, Dragon. Everyone thinks Dragon is just a stuffed animal, but Warren knows better. Join Warren and Dragon on their everyday adventures from class pets to sleepovers.

• 100 Cupboards

  Wilson, Nathan D

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  "After his parents are kidnapped, timid twelve-year-old Henry York leaves his sheltered Boston life and moves to small-town Kansas, where he and his cousin Henrietta discover and explore hidden doors in his attic room that seem to open onto other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dad and the Dinosaur

  Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-

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  "Even though Nicholas's father, Big Nick, is "not afraid of anything," Nicholas is afraid of "the dark outside his door, the bushes where the giant bugs lived, and the undersides of manhole covers." A small plastic dinosaur Nick keeps in his pocket…Read moreRead more of this annotation