Spending the summer in his grandfather's rundown town, ten-year-old Ben meets an adventurous local girl and together they learn that the town's veterinarian runs a secret hospital for imaginary creatures.

"Welcome to my book. I assume you are reading this flap because you found the title inviting and are eager to read a book that promises no nonsense. Well, rest assured that there will be no nonsense. Here you will find only sense. And logic! And scientific facts! So please take a seat in an ergonomic chair, sit up straight, and read attentively. And pay no mind to that giraffe on a bicycle."--Front flap of book jacket.

A boy discovers an imaginary animal in his back yard, but his mother does not believe it is there.

"Alice TodHunter Moon, now apprentice to the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus Heap, must locate the Egg of the Orm--a source of great Magyk--before the baby Orm hatches and imprints on the evil sorcerer Oraton-Marr"--

"For fans of Piranesi and The Midnight Library, a stunning historical fantasy novel set on a grand express train, about a group of passengers on a dangerous journey across a magical landscape It is said there is a price that every passenger must pay. A price beyond the cost of a ticket. There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short...

Twelve-year-old Rufus Takada Collins discovers feylings on his grandfather's farm and it is up to him and his cousin Abigail to find the magical train cars that will carry them safely home.

A boy awakens, blindfolded, with no memory of even his name, but soon meets Lord Umber, an adventurer and inventor, who calls him Happenstance and tells him that he has a very important destiny--and a powerful enemy.

Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically engineered warships.

Sam and his parents discover that the imaginary creature he has made up is a wonderful pet which can do amazing things, including giving Sam courage to speak to a classmate he would like to have as a friend.

Three short stories featuring Oliver Cat. Oliver Cat plays a game: Oliver and Jane Rabbit disagree about what to play until, finally, their mothers call them home for supper. Oliver Cat loses a button: When Oliver's neighbors give him everything but the button he needs for his shirt, he uses the things to build a spaceship in which he travels to Planet B, the planet of buttons. Oliver Cat goes fishing: When Oliver goes fishing, he catches a series...