The Toy Farmer (Author: Andrew T. Pelletier / Illustrator: Scott Nash)

When Jed is rummaging around in the attic and finds an old wooden box with a toy farmer and tractor inside, he has no idea that the little toy farmer will soon turn his bedroom into a field to grow a prize-winning pumpkin. The author’s clever and ambiguous mixing of reality and imagination is reflected in a delightful way by the illustrator, who uses different artistic styles to represent the real and imagined, even on the same page. Find out what happens with the prize pumpkin and what Jed learns about gratitude in “The Toy Farmer.”