Two spirited beginning readers feature a young Black boy with a big imagination. In All Board!, Ty asks each family member in turn if they can play with him. But dad is busy cooking dinner, mom folding clothes, and big brother Corey doing homework. So Ty plays on his own, turning an empty cardboard box into a train. He's having so much fun as he imagines himself traveling past a farm and through a city that the whole family can't resist joining in! In Zip, Zoom!, Ty, learning to ride his scooter in the park, imagines he's in a race car zooming around the track while a crowd cheers. But even with his family's encouragement, learning to ride is hard. "Wobble, wobble. I do not zip. I do not zoom." Just when Ty's ready to give up in frustration, a girl named Ari scootering by stops and offers help. "Ari zips. I zoom. We're racing side by side." The cheerful illustrations stylistically differentiate Ty's life from his imaginative adventures. (Ages 4-7)