<p><i>Two brothers discover that with a little pretending, a couch can be anything.</i></p><p>For Burt and his little brother, spending time on the couch is anything but boring. After all, with a bit of imagination, a couch can go through some remarkable transformations. And so the boys ride the couch like a horse and envision a cowboy pursuit. Later the sofa doubles as a pirate ship battling stormy seas. But when some stage-couch theatrics end in tears, it's up to Burt to rescue his little brother's feelings... and restore the fun.</p><p>Ruth Ohi draws on her cast of guinea pig characters, introduced in <i>Clara and the Bossy</i>, to tell an innovative tale for younger children. Ohi's rhyming text makes for read-aloud fun, while her gentle illustrations cleverly show first the reality and then the boys' imagined worlds. A pitch-perfect mix of playtime fun with a hint of sibling bickering makes <b>The Couch Was a Castle</b> as honest as it is imaginative.</p>