Illustrated by Jenny Jones. 32 pages. Bloomsbury, 2003.
After Harry has helped his mother shop, the grocery box becomes all kinds of things in Harry's imagination: a shop, a lion's den, a pirate ship, an undersea cave, and a castle. Harry and his dog inhabit these imaginary worlds as a shopkeeper and a customer, an octopus and a dog-fish, and other characters. When Harry's mother, the king's foe, arrives at the castle, he decides to be friends with her, and puts the box behind the couch. There it becomes a cozy bed where Harry and his dog can dream of past and future imaginary worlds. This story shows children how to imbue an ordinary object with imagination.
Ages: 3-7
Cultural Context: European
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