Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Monkey has a big box, which he tells Cake has a cat inside, but only when the box is closed; Cake suggest that maybe it is a dinosaur instead, and the two friends puzzle over how they can solve the problem of finding out what is in the box, if it is always empty when opened.

Simple, rhyming text and illustrations that layer art on top of cardboard take young readers on a trip through their imaginations as they celebrate the uncomplicated, magical power of a basic box. From a library filled with books to an ocean-side beach, a big brown box can transport a child almost anywhere.

"When a cloudy gray sky cancels Pete the Cat's beach day plans, a big box is all he needs to beat the rainy-day blues. Find out in this epic adventure just where Pete's imagination takes him."--

Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match.

An imaginative young child has a wonderful time playing with his birthday present and the box in which it came.

After receiving a wooden puzzle box at a town festival, twelve-year-old Kallie figures out how to open the box and finds that her fate seems to be connected to a young bone carver from another time.

Invites young readers to discover what happens between sunset and sunrise as a little boy opens the Night Box and darkness swoops out to cavort and explore, caring for all its creatures until morning comes, and it's time for Night to rest again.

To escape the nonstop, loud crying of her new baby brother Cassie climbs into an empty box to drive, sail, and soar until she finally finds quiet--and loneliness.

Frustrated by little brothers who follow him everywhere and wreck his toys and games, George commandeers an empty washing machine box for an imaginative escape that is free of pirates, dragons, and bothersome younger siblings.

As Box searches for the right person to reveal the gift he conceals, he encounters children who are grasping, bickering, rough, and otherwise badly behaved.