Books like Put your mother on the ceiling by Richard De Mille
This concise guide offers parents a collection of imagination games designed to engage children in creative play. Written by fiction writer Richard De Mille, it encourages parents to break conventional rules—water running uphill, fish flying, dogs meowing—to help children distinguish imagination from reality. The book balances outrageous imagination with grounded reality by suggesting realistic discussions after each game. It serves as an educational tool for encouraging creative thinking and imaginative development in young readers.
First publish date: 1967
Genre: Education & Language/Education
Authors: Richard De Mille
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