One of our favorite books these days is "Emily Brown and the Elephant Emergency," which features a girl with an exceptional imagination and her favorite stuffed animal, a bunny named Stanley.  This book, part of the Emily Brown series, particularly pokes fun at Helicopter Parenting as well, the graphics are brilliant, and it makes for a good read for the adult and the child.

It also helps that the book can be found online (YouTube), read by our  favorite actor and the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant.  (I fully admit to the celebrity crush.)

This morning as I was getting dressed, Raphaela sat on the bed flipping through Emily Brown, and I said, "Emily Brown has a special friend named Stanley."

Raphaela thought for a minute and then replied, "And Stanley has a special friend in Emily Brown."