Judy and the Volcano by Wayne Harris (1994) is a clever story. Judy is stuck in her classroom while everyone else enjoys recess. Pressured by a creative writing assignment, she imagines herself trapped in the "worse storm the world has ever seen!" She must rescue children from a giant iguana, which is a representation of her teacher. Judy's ire softens when her imagination finds its way to the page. Yet, writing is difficult, so as she struggles with her manuscript, giant tree vines grow around her legs and arms inside her story. It will take a change of heart as well as perserverence to finish the assignment. She is forgiving in both imagination and reality. When all is said and done, she "couldn't wait to get started on my new story..."
