Imagine That!: Ten Stories of Creativity, Invention and Seeing the Extraordinary in The Ordinary

Imagination is the key that opens every door. You just have to believe the door is there.

Autumn has painted Honeysuckle Hollow in amber and gold, and the Hollow Friends are discovering that creativity isn't just about making art—it's a way of seeing the world, solving problems, and turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. In this sixth collection of ten heartwarming stories, Lily, Ben, Ava, Noah, Mia, and Sam learn that imagination can transform anything.

When the bakery's treasured honey cake recipe is ruined by a mysterious stain, Lily must recreate the missing ingredients from memory and taste. Ben discovers music hidden in the farm's everyday sounds and creates an animal orchestra that delights the whole village. Ava invents the Story Spool, winding tales onto ribbons so they can be carried and shared. Noah builds a magnificent cardboard castle for the younger children, proving that the best materials are sometimes the simplest. Mia learns to paint with pigments found in nature—mud, leaves, berries—and discovers the earth is her palette. Together they create a Bored Box to cure rainy-day restlessness, turn a spooky rumour about the bridge into the beloved Whisper Box, add their own memory feathers to Granny Willow's Forget-Me-Hat, and declare an Upside-Down Day that teaches them to see the world from new angles. Finally, they draw the Village of Dreams—a map of the Hollow as it could be, where chocolate rivers flow and books read themselves aloud.

Perfect for fans of Brambly Hedge, The Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories, and Little House on the Prairie, Imagine That! is an ideal read-aloud for family story time, a comforting chapter book for early independent readers, and a joyful celebration of creativity, resourcefulness, and the magic of thinking differently.

Open the Bored Box. Fly the kite. Build the castle. Imagine that!