While spending the winter of 1947-1948 in Miami Beach with her family, ten-year-old Sally makes up stories, casts herself in starring roles in movies, and encounters a sinister stranger.

"Sadie is a little girl with a big imagination. She has been a girl who lived under the sea and a boy raised by wolves. She has had adventures in wonderland and visited the world of fairytales ... She likes to make things--boats out of boxes and castles out of cushions. But more than anything Sadie likes stories, because you can make them from nothing at all"--Amazon.com.

When the dad who is the world's best at playing "horsey" is lured away by rustlers, it is up to his children to rescue him on a wild ride that takes them to a rodeo, a circus, and beyond.

"J.P. is angry when his twin cousins want to take over the playhouse he's made into an imaginary spaceship. But when he makes them laugh, he realizes it's more fun than playing alone"--

"Every Sunday night a young girl and her grandmother go on an imaginary shopping trip using play money and the advertisements in the newspaper as a guide for their 'purchases.'"--

Leonardo is a terrible monster--he can't seem to frighten anyone. When he discovers the perfect nervous little boy, will he scare the lunch out of him? Or will he think of something better?

J.P. is sad because he is a bit too short to play on the big waterslide at a waterpark. Will J.P. find a way to cheer up?

"Shawn loves sharks with all his heart, so when his nemisis, Stacy, is assigned "sharks" for the big class project, Shawn is not happy"--

"Nimesh is walking home from school. Except ... there happens to be a shark in the corridor. And a dragon in the library! And why would crossing the road lead to the North Pole? In this fun-filled adventure, Nimesh is just walking home from school ... isn't he?"--Page [4] of cover.

A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...