Every day, John Patrick sets off along the road to school, and although he hurries, strange and improbable happenings repeatedly make him late. To make things worse, his teacher never believes his story.

Hey! Get Off Our Train

by John Burningham

Published 3 February 1990
A boy goes to bed and dreams that he and his stuffed dog, now a railroad engineer, are speeding through the countryside playing games and picking up endangered animals. 

An IRA Children's Choice
A Parents' Choice Award winner for illustration
A California Children's Book Award winner

Cloudland

by John Burningham

Published 1 August 1996
While high in the mountains with his parents, Albert falls off a cliff and ends up in Cloudland, where he enjoys playing with the cloud children, but misses his parents.