Lil' Allie Aker The Great Big Faker

Lil' Allie Aker is the little girl with the big imagination-and it sometimes gets her into trouble in this enchantingly drawn children's book written by television writer and video director Mark Pressman. Allie's got a penchant for making mischief, and when caught, she simply can't confess. Instead, she creates story after story, which both charm and alarm her parents. It's not young Allie who floods the floor after her bath, it's a rhino! Penguins knock over plants and Martians zip through the air, and a monkey is responsible for the TV screen painted green. The illustrations by Joanne Prato are bright and zippy, and the rhymes are so much fun, parents and children will be chanting them out loud. Funny and wise, this is a book that celebrates the magical worlds children create even as it demonstrates the need for parents to occasionally pull their kids back down to earth.