Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Summary:  The narrator imagines life as a horse, with more freedom to do things like not take a bath, not wear clothes (unless he was in a parade), and getting to go wherever he wants.  He would still enjoy some of the comforts of home, coming into the kitchen when he got hungry and giving his sister a ride to school.  It would be fun to roll in the mud, and the swim team would be thrilled to have him.  The last wordless page shows a boy giving his sister a piggyback ride, revealing the human narrator.  32 pages; ages 4-8.

Pros:  An ode to the power of pretending, gorgeously rendered with Sophie Blackall’s imaginative illustrations.

Cons:  I assumed this would be one of my Caldecott contenders, but it didn’t quite rise to that level for me.