Jacob’s Magic Bed: The Elephant in the Room

First in a series of delightful and highly stylized new children’s stories, Jacob’s Magic Bed by author and illustrator Dave Schneider introduces Jacob, a boy who has as much imagination as he has heart. Perfect for intermediate readers, this tale has an epic, larger than life feel that is pure fantasy and absolute magic. With the enthusiasm of Roald Dahl, Schneider creates a uniquely inspired space in which Jacob is able to escape into a nighttime world with whatever it is he carries with him as he drifts to sleep. In this case, his bedtime-companion-turned-fellow-adventurer is a stuffed elephant named Alphonse. Merrily and with wild abandon, the dreamy duo make their way along an unfamiliar dreamscape until they come across a princess in dire need of rescuing from a fire-breathing dragon. Even if one is filled with stuffing, great minds think alike and with a whisper, a wink and a nod, two friends become heroes.