Becker, Aaron.
Journey.
Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2013. A bored city girl finds magical chalk with witch she draws a magical portal to another world.
Boyd, Lizi.
Inside Outside
. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2013. Contrasting exterior and interiors of a house and yard with a boy and his dog acting as guides through the changing seasons.
Christelow, Eileen.
What Do Illustrators Do?
New York: Clarion Books, 1999. Great for K-3, this book tells how pictures are thought of and selected to illustrate stories, using the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk as an example.
Rodriguez, Beatrice.
The Chicken Thief
. New York: Enchanted Lion Books, 2010.
A sly fox absconds with a chicken while her friends Bear, Rabbit and Rooster try to get her back.
Staake, Bob.
Bluebird
. New York: Schwartz and Wade Books, 2013. A boy takes a walk through the city with a bluebird as his guide.
Varon, Sara.
Chicken and Cat Clean Up
. New York: Scholastic Press, 2009. Chicken brings his friend Cat to help out with his housecleaning business, with comical results. Nearly wordless.
Wiesner, David.
Flotsam.
New York: Clarion Books, 2006. A boy finds a magical underwater camera.
Wiesner, David.
Tuesday
. New York: Clarion Books, 1991. Winner of the 1992 Caldecott, a magical realist tale of strange goings on in a town pond.