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One Day, The End: Short, Very Short, Shorter-Than-Ever Stories
Very short, creative stories pair with bold illustrations in this picture book that will inspire young readers to stretch their imaginations and write stories of their own.
"One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end," says our storyteller—a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an unpredictably happy ending. Each illustration in this inventive picture book captures multiple, unexpected, and funny storylines as the narrator shares her shorter-than-ever stories, ending with "One day. . . I wanted to write a book." This book demonstrates a unique approach to writing and telling stories and is a delightful gift for children as well as for teachers seeking a mentor text for their classrooms.
"One day. . . I went to school. I came home. The end," says our storyteller—a girl with a busy imagination and a thirst for adventure. The art tells a fuller tale of calamity on the way to school and an unpredictably happy ending. Each illustration in this inventive picture book captures multiple, unexpected, and funny storylines as the narrator shares her shorter-than-ever stories, ending with "One day. . . I wanted to write a book." This book demonstrates a unique approach to writing and telling stories and is a delightful gift for children as well as for teachers seeking a mentor text for their classrooms.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published October 6, 2015
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Rebecca Kai Dotlich
49 books50 followersRebecca is a poet and picture book author of such titles as What is Science? (a 2006 Subaru SB&F prize finalist), and Lemonade Sun (an American Booksellers "Pick of the Lists"). Her work is featured widely in poetry anthologies and textbooks. Rebecca promotes children's poetry, giving presentations and workshops to students, teachers, librarians and writers. She lives in Indiana.
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October 30, 2015
Last evening I was reading Quest by Aaron Becker to my daughter for bedtime. It’s a good book. I’ve read it approximately 20 times by now, so I should know. Anyway, we’re reading the book, which is wordless and requires that the reader really pay attention to the story, and as we start I point out to my daughter some feature at the beginning involving statues. Immediately she countered with a different statue detail at the back of the book that I, though having read this story over and over again, had completely and totally missed. That’s the cool thing about child readers. Not only do they find the details the adults are completely oblivious to, but on top of that they’re coming up with cool narratives and storylines of their own, on spinning off of the ones conceived of by the author/illustrators. So when I see a book like One Day, The End I just wanna put my hands together and applaud. Rebecca Kai Dotlich is a genius (and Fred Koehler ain’t sleeping on the job either). She figured out that for kids a story is just as much a product of the relationship between a child and a book’s pictures as it is between a child and a book’s words. Sometimes more. Sometimes much more. And sometimes they’ll be handed a book like this one that lets them examine and indulge to their heart’s delight.
Do you know how to tell a story? It’s easy! Listen to a couple of these.
“One day... I felt like stomping. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp.”
“One day... I lost my dog. I found him.”
“One day... I ran away. I cam home.”
A small girl tells her tales with a minimum of words. Yet hidden in these words, sometimes literally, are epic narratives. The most ordinary of actions can turn into huge adventures. By the end, the girl is writing whole books out of what could normally be seen as mundane everyday actions. Yet two sentences can yield a whole lot of action.
These days the buzzword of the hour appears to be “visual storytelling” or “visual learning”. And why not? We live in a world of constant, perpetual, enticing screens (or “shiny rectangles” as my brother-in-law likes to call them). Graphic novels have achieved a level of respect and quality hitherto unknown in the history of publishing and I don’t think it’s a stretch to believe that there are more picture books being published today than ever before. Into this brave new world come the kids, their minds making connections and storylines. They mix reality and fantasy together with aplomb. They give their toys lives and thoughts and feelings. So to see a book that sets them free to give these imaginings a little form and structure? That’s great.
On the most basic level, the book is perfect for class writing prompts. The teacher tells the kids to pick a two-sentence story in the book and expand upon it. It works to a certain extent, but I wonder if in some ways it sort of skips the point of the book itself. One of the many points of One Day, The End is that when it comes to picture books, storytelling can be more than simply whatever it is that the words say. Another point is that you don’t have to be loquacious to tell a story. Two sentences will do. It would be fun to do an exercise with kids where they tell two-sentence stories. Two sentences takes off a lot of pressure. There’s no need to include a rise and fall to the action. Anyone can tell a story (a valuable lesson). This book shows you how.
All that aside, the ending of the book was particularly interesting to me. Picture book authors that can stick the landing (as it were) when they finish their stories are rare birds. Such books don’t necessarily come along every day. That said, the ending of One Day, The End is rather magnificent. The whole book until this point has been showing the reader that in the shortest of stories there can be whole epic narratives. So when our young heroine begins by saying “One Day... I wanted to Write a Book” the accompanying picture shows her at a typewriter (a retro move) imagining a whole host of new situations. Turn the page and the following “So I did” shows a line of thick books, each one with a title that relates to the tiny two sentence stories we witnessed before. The implication at work here for kids is that even in the briefest of moments of our lives, which adults might hurry through or remember in abbreviated ways, there are untold tales just waiting to be told. This book is for the five-year-old burgeoning writer. This character wanted to write a book and did. Who’s to say you couldn’t do the same?
I didn’t recognize Fred Koehler’s style the first time I read through this book. Maybe this is a little more understandable when I mention that he only just debuted this year with his own picture book, How to Cheer Up Dad. That book starred affectionate pachyderms. This one, all too human humans. In order to bring Dotlich’s story to life, Koehler sets the action in a kind of timeless past. Cell phones computers, and even televisions are not in evidence. There’s one sequence when our heroine is playing hide-and-go-seek with her brother and we see a large swath of their home together. It’s rather technologically barren, a fact drilled home later when the typewriter makes its somewhat inexplicable appearance. Fortunately, Koehler has a lot going for him, beyond this attempt at timelessness. The font of the story is practically a tale in and of itself, always shifting and changing to suit the described action. And the layouts! I don’t mind saying that part of the reason this book feels so fresh and interesting and fun has a lot to do with Koehler’s layouts. The words that make up the stories appear as part of the illustrated scenes, sometimes dominating the action and sometimes playing a role in it. For example, the story that begins with “One day… I wanted to be a spy” actually shows the girl peering between the letters of “spy”
I also loved that Koehler wasn’t afraid to reward rereadings. Attentive readers will be able to witness the smaller sub-adventures of a cat, a squirrel, a bird, and a little white dog that appear in the periphery of all the action. Then there are even smaller details that you wouldn’t notice on a first glance. The story, “I went to school. I came home” shows our plucky young gal dilly-dallying on her way to class (following a cat that will come up again in a later tale) only to accidentally leave her books somewhere en route. She runs to her classroom, but sharp-eyed spotters will note her missing backpack. Next thing you know the class is following instructions on doing science experiments and she peers at her neighbor (every kid doing the experiments is looking at their book, save her), and accidentally pours her solution into the wrong beaker. And there are other details about the characters themselves that are worth discovering, like that our storyteller always wears mismatched socks. As for the callbacks, if you pay attention you’ll see that an element that appears in one story (like a rubber boot placed over a flower in the rain) may later crop up again later (that same flower grows out of the boot a little later).
To sum up, why not take a page out of this book?
One day... I read a picture book. It was great.
The End.
Do you know how to tell a story? It’s easy! Listen to a couple of these.
“One day... I felt like stomping. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp.”
“One day... I lost my dog. I found him.”
“One day... I ran away. I cam home.”
A small girl tells her tales with a minimum of words. Yet hidden in these words, sometimes literally, are epic narratives. The most ordinary of actions can turn into huge adventures. By the end, the girl is writing whole books out of what could normally be seen as mundane everyday actions. Yet two sentences can yield a whole lot of action.
These days the buzzword of the hour appears to be “visual storytelling” or “visual learning”. And why not? We live in a world of constant, perpetual, enticing screens (or “shiny rectangles” as my brother-in-law likes to call them). Graphic novels have achieved a level of respect and quality hitherto unknown in the history of publishing and I don’t think it’s a stretch to believe that there are more picture books being published today than ever before. Into this brave new world come the kids, their minds making connections and storylines. They mix reality and fantasy together with aplomb. They give their toys lives and thoughts and feelings. So to see a book that sets them free to give these imaginings a little form and structure? That’s great.
On the most basic level, the book is perfect for class writing prompts. The teacher tells the kids to pick a two-sentence story in the book and expand upon it. It works to a certain extent, but I wonder if in some ways it sort of skips the point of the book itself. One of the many points of One Day, The End is that when it comes to picture books, storytelling can be more than simply whatever it is that the words say. Another point is that you don’t have to be loquacious to tell a story. Two sentences will do. It would be fun to do an exercise with kids where they tell two-sentence stories. Two sentences takes off a lot of pressure. There’s no need to include a rise and fall to the action. Anyone can tell a story (a valuable lesson). This book shows you how.
All that aside, the ending of the book was particularly interesting to me. Picture book authors that can stick the landing (as it were) when they finish their stories are rare birds. Such books don’t necessarily come along every day. That said, the ending of One Day, The End is rather magnificent. The whole book until this point has been showing the reader that in the shortest of stories there can be whole epic narratives. So when our young heroine begins by saying “One Day... I wanted to Write a Book” the accompanying picture shows her at a typewriter (a retro move) imagining a whole host of new situations. Turn the page and the following “So I did” shows a line of thick books, each one with a title that relates to the tiny two sentence stories we witnessed before. The implication at work here for kids is that even in the briefest of moments of our lives, which adults might hurry through or remember in abbreviated ways, there are untold tales just waiting to be told. This book is for the five-year-old burgeoning writer. This character wanted to write a book and did. Who’s to say you couldn’t do the same?
I didn’t recognize Fred Koehler’s style the first time I read through this book. Maybe this is a little more understandable when I mention that he only just debuted this year with his own picture book, How to Cheer Up Dad. That book starred affectionate pachyderms. This one, all too human humans. In order to bring Dotlich’s story to life, Koehler sets the action in a kind of timeless past. Cell phones computers, and even televisions are not in evidence. There’s one sequence when our heroine is playing hide-and-go-seek with her brother and we see a large swath of their home together. It’s rather technologically barren, a fact drilled home later when the typewriter makes its somewhat inexplicable appearance. Fortunately, Koehler has a lot going for him, beyond this attempt at timelessness. The font of the story is practically a tale in and of itself, always shifting and changing to suit the described action. And the layouts! I don’t mind saying that part of the reason this book feels so fresh and interesting and fun has a lot to do with Koehler’s layouts. The words that make up the stories appear as part of the illustrated scenes, sometimes dominating the action and sometimes playing a role in it. For example, the story that begins with “One day… I wanted to be a spy” actually shows the girl peering between the letters of “spy”
I also loved that Koehler wasn’t afraid to reward rereadings. Attentive readers will be able to witness the smaller sub-adventures of a cat, a squirrel, a bird, and a little white dog that appear in the periphery of all the action. Then there are even smaller details that you wouldn’t notice on a first glance. The story, “I went to school. I came home” shows our plucky young gal dilly-dallying on her way to class (following a cat that will come up again in a later tale) only to accidentally leave her books somewhere en route. She runs to her classroom, but sharp-eyed spotters will note her missing backpack. Next thing you know the class is following instructions on doing science experiments and she peers at her neighbor (every kid doing the experiments is looking at their book, save her), and accidentally pours her solution into the wrong beaker. And there are other details about the characters themselves that are worth discovering, like that our storyteller always wears mismatched socks. As for the callbacks, if you pay attention you’ll see that an element that appears in one story (like a rubber boot placed over a flower in the rain) may later crop up again later (that same flower grows out of the boot a little later).
To sum up, why not take a page out of this book?
One day... I read a picture book. It was great.
The End.
May 2, 2017
So far, I have read this with three classes (one kinder class & their parents) and two 3rd grade classes and the response has been the same - all have loved the book. The kinders immediately wanted to write their own short ONE DAY stories. I love when they are inspired. With the third graders, we talked about writing structure, and being inspired by the text (they had just read LOVE THAT DOG and learned about how their work could be inspired by an author's work). It was also amazing to explore the idea that the text can leave you wanting more and that the illustrations can fill in the gaps which is beautifully demonstrated by Dotlich and Koehler.
In the words of one third grader - "One Day, Ms. Beecher read us a story, I liked it. The end." And this teacher loved seeing her students inspired to write.
In the words of one third grader - "One Day, Ms. Beecher read us a story, I liked it. The end." And this teacher loved seeing her students inspired to write.
December 23, 2016
There is so much awesomeness in One Day, The End!
The main idea of this book is perfectly summarized by the author herself: "For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference."
Indeed, Dotlich's shorter-than-ever (i.e., two-sentence) stories, such as "I went to school. I came home. THE END," are elaborated by very innovative, engaging and simply charming illustrations by Koehler. As a result, One Day, The End is a great example of visual storytelling, which stirs the reader's imagination while at the same time rewarding his or her attention to detail.
What is more, the boundaries between text and illustrations in this books are blurred as the pictures help to tell the story while the text becomes a part of the image:
The main idea of this book is perfectly summarized by the author herself: "For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference."
Indeed, Dotlich's shorter-than-ever (i.e., two-sentence) stories, such as "I went to school. I came home. THE END," are elaborated by very innovative, engaging and simply charming illustrations by Koehler. As a result, One Day, The End is a great example of visual storytelling, which stirs the reader's imagination while at the same time rewarding his or her attention to detail.
What is more, the boundaries between text and illustrations in this books are blurred as the pictures help to tell the story while the text becomes a part of the image:
June 26, 2018
It is the weirdest, most basic, and most creative book. The author made something different than millions of other authors. She created stories with only one or two sentence. At the beginning of the book, she wrote: "For every story, there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes the difference." and she proved this sentence. She just gave the sentence and wanted every child to wrote what happened between with their great imagination. By the way, illustrator used his imagination too. He drew everything happened between the beginning and the end. You should read this book to your child before bed and let their imagination boom. Also, you can make a competition about who will create the most creative story from just one sentence. It would be really fun.
April 3, 2018
Love these little twisted tales! These are very short, shorter, stories! This is pretty inspirational actually. You'll see what I mean when you read the last page! Illustrations were a hoot! They say plenty the stories don't! So stop and peruse the pictures when reading. Young and old should enjoy this one!
May 19, 2016
This is a hard book to categorize; it's part read-loud picture book and teacher-led writing prompts. The stories are extremely short with a beginning, middle, and ending comprising of three to five sentences on colorful double page spreads. The clever illustrations are carefully crafted to match the sparse text. An entertaining picture book that will inspire storytellers of all ages.
November 11, 2015
This was cute. It also might be good to use with older kids learning about stories or sentences.
September 26, 2019
I love this book! It is so funny, light hearted, and a great tool for teaching writing. The stories are very short, but include a plethora of details in the illustrations that tell more of the story. Sometimes children have a difficult time elaborating on their stories or getting their picture to match their words. This book shows children how additional details could be added to stories and how much better a story is when the details are included in both the writing and illustrations. I plan to use this book often in my classroom for writing workshop, but also as a short and fun read aloud.
June 13, 2016
One of the things I love the most about picture books is the way they blend the words and the pictures. But sometimes it's hard to help children see how each contributes to the enjoyment of the story. One Day, The End demonstrates so delightfully, just how powerful the pictures are in a picture book. Each of the 'short' stories in this book is literally just two short sentences, which would seem rather dull and boring if it wasn't for the delightfully amusing illustrations. I had a fun time reading this book with first graders and talking about how the illustrations took the basic information in the text and truly turned it into a story. This book is not only a fun read-a-loud but a great way to encourage children to write and illustrate their own stories.
January 26, 2017
Loved this book. When I come across a book like this I wish I was no longer a retired librarian, because I would be sharing it with both teachers and kids! Great book for story prompts and learning how to tell a story. Loved the end where the titles of the books the little girl wrote all have something to with the illustrations from this picture book. The main character keeps telling stories that are very short, such as "I went to school. I came home. The end." But all the illustrations on the two pages show what happened in the middle. Kids will have fun telling stories from the illustrations.
October 26, 2015
Can't wait to share this one with my students!
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October 13, 2015
Well-intentioned but not entirely successful.
December 3, 2015
A picture book collection of two-sentence stories. Dry and predictable.
April 16, 2016
Such a testament to the power of visual literacy. The ideal Writing Workshop title!
May 6, 2016
A fun picture book for all ages. This would make for an amusing writing prompt for middle school LA class.
April 21, 2018
Once upon a time, I wrote a review. I lived happily ever after.
It's a collection of extremely short stories all starring a little girl. For example, one of them consists entirely of "One day... I went to school. I came home. The end." But the illustration of the story, combined with the terrific text layout, adds so much more. The letters are gigantic, and the little girl follows a cat through the letters of "I went". In the word "to", she's late for class and is running past a bunch of lockers towards a rather upset-looking teacher. The word "school" is spattered with a pink liquid and she's nearby in a science class pouring a blue liquid into a pink liquid (unlike the rest of the class, who are all pouring a blue liquid into another blue liquid; she's the only one without a book as she misplaced them following the cat). In the next page, she's walking dejectedly home. Then word "came" is written on the side of an ice-cream truck which she is chasing, her hand full of money, and by the word "home" she and her dog see that her ice cream has fallen out of the cone, and on the period at the end she is sitting, eating the ice cream, having presumably picked it up off the ground with her hands. The dog sits there, looking like he wants to try some. The real story is told via this illustration, which is really cool. It makes me wonder how closely the author and artist worked together in these stories.
I feel like it would inspire the children being read to to look and find all the things that are happening to this girl. It's almost like a graphic novel without panels, just a sequence of things happening on every page, following the text. In many cases, the reader is following the text and the girl is doing various things in all the corners of the page. There's so much more to these stories than just the text. The first page, before any of the stories, says, "For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference."
It's a very playful, imaginative book, and you know most of the stuff that happens is the kind of thing that might happen to a young girl going through her day or in the different parts of her life. I really like how the author and illustrator team worked together here, and I'd love to see some behind-the-scenes information on how they did it! What did the author tell the illustrator beyond the words on the page? I really enjoyed this book.
Message: So much more happens in a story beyond the words.
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
It's a collection of extremely short stories all starring a little girl. For example, one of them consists entirely of "One day... I went to school. I came home. The end." But the illustration of the story, combined with the terrific text layout, adds so much more. The letters are gigantic, and the little girl follows a cat through the letters of "I went". In the word "to", she's late for class and is running past a bunch of lockers towards a rather upset-looking teacher. The word "school" is spattered with a pink liquid and she's nearby in a science class pouring a blue liquid into a pink liquid (unlike the rest of the class, who are all pouring a blue liquid into another blue liquid; she's the only one without a book as she misplaced them following the cat). In the next page, she's walking dejectedly home. Then word "came" is written on the side of an ice-cream truck which she is chasing, her hand full of money, and by the word "home" she and her dog see that her ice cream has fallen out of the cone, and on the period at the end she is sitting, eating the ice cream, having presumably picked it up off the ground with her hands. The dog sits there, looking like he wants to try some. The real story is told via this illustration, which is really cool. It makes me wonder how closely the author and artist worked together in these stories.
I feel like it would inspire the children being read to to look and find all the things that are happening to this girl. It's almost like a graphic novel without panels, just a sequence of things happening on every page, following the text. In many cases, the reader is following the text and the girl is doing various things in all the corners of the page. There's so much more to these stories than just the text. The first page, before any of the stories, says, "For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference."
It's a very playful, imaginative book, and you know most of the stuff that happens is the kind of thing that might happen to a young girl going through her day or in the different parts of her life. I really like how the author and illustrator team worked together here, and I'd love to see some behind-the-scenes information on how they did it! What did the author tell the illustrator beyond the words on the page? I really enjoyed this book.
Message: So much more happens in a story beyond the words.
For more children's book reviews, see my website at http://www.drttmk.com.
April 18, 2020
This story is about a young girl, who is very imaginative about all the things she wants to do. She tells the readers stories about her adventures, but they always start and end the same with "One Day, The End". The author is able to capture all the short stories and make them creative in just a few words. Then the illustrator is able to bring the stories to life as the little girl is able to experience all the adventures told. The illustrations are very vibrant and can be perfect for readers, as they will be entertained with how much detail is included in the stories. After reading the story with a student or child, an activity that teachers or parents can use is having students use the book as an example for creating their own short story. Students will have the opportunity to use their creativity in writing a story that could be about them or anyone. There could also be a portion of the activity that has the reader create an illustration to match their short story.
October 16, 2017
This is a short story book. It only tells you the beginning and end of each of these stories. I liked this book and could do so many creatives activates with the book. It would be a great read aloud to a younger group of children. The “story” flows very well but this book is more focused on the illustrations. On some of the pages you had to find the words within the illustrations. I thought that was a really amazing concept. I enjoyed reading this book. It can be a great way to open your students to their more creative side. You can ask them to take one of the stories and write a middle to it. So, you can read the beginning and the ending and they fill in the rest. This book was very cool! It will be in my classroom.
March 23, 2018
This story makes my mama heart SMILE! There are super cute (digital) illustrations throughout with a sentence on each 2-page spread that could technically be an entire story by itself. Each page looks entirely different as we follow a little pig-tailed girl going through many every day adventures -- some quite mischievous. Most illustrations are atop boldly-colored backgrounds beginning with banana yellow, and going through turquoise blue, lavender purple, pink, brown, etc. These short "stories" are sometimes wittily hidden right within the illustrations. I think most emergent readers will enjoy these stories. I borrowed this copy from our library, but now I WANT THIS BOOK! So cute for mamas of busy, messy, adventurous Littles. <3
October 11, 2017
I find this book to be very interesting because it is set up differently from most books. It is about a girl who likes to go on adventures and think about crazy things. But, every sentence begins with one day and it ends with the end. The words are very short but the imagery is what makes the reader think. The illustrations capture many different perspectives of what could happen. Therefore, I think this book is good for a higher-level student because they have to dissect the imagery in order to figure out the whole story.
August 10, 2017
Oh gosh is this one fun. It begins with "For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference." What follows is a series of delightful tiny stories that are made funny and fascinating and interesting by the playful illustrations. The details made us giggle and the stories unfold as you peer at each page, much like a wordless book. A unique concept brought to life with a playful imagination and genius illustrations.
April 12, 2019
What a fun book! Filled with extremely short stories that a beginner can read, and paired up with illustrations that aid in telling and expanding upon the story, this book easily succeeds in its set-up. With great colors, intriguing illustrations, and at times humorous stories, One Day is a creative and engaging book, perfect for someone learning what a narrative arc is. Great for grades K-2.
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August 8, 2019
An adventure every two pages!
What wonderfully laid-out illustrations of the young narrator--be it a runaway dog, making something for mom, or various other kid adventures, its flowing, it's colorful and full of sketches of the girl working in her environment. The text fits or molds the environment and the pictures lead your eye through them.
Fun game: see if you can find the Linus Van Pelt homage!
What wonderfully laid-out illustrations of the young narrator--be it a runaway dog, making something for mom, or various other kid adventures, its flowing, it's colorful and full of sketches of the girl working in her environment. The text fits or molds the environment and the pictures lead your eye through them.
Fun game: see if you can find the Linus Van Pelt homage!
December 7, 2019
I loved this book. I felt that it was funny and surprising at first. Then, the book went on to show the importance of including details in stories to make them feel complete. I also think that this is great for creativity. Even I found myself creating a middle for each scenario as I read. I feel that this book could be used for a couple different assignments within a classroom, as well as be an easy, fun read.
January 30, 2020
I thought this book was so cute! I loved how interactive it was to read to others. I truly enjoyed reading it silently, but this book I totally recommend reading aloud. It is a good choice for any Elementary English subjects on story's. Certainly, a read that is educational, as well as, illustrated for an audience of little's to follow along and learn as a visual. No story is to small if it has all the right parts. :)
July 8, 2020
A really lovely way of introducing the concept of story-telling to kids (beginning, middle, end) and encouraging them to 'read' the pictures to help tell each of these super short stories.
Miss 5 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
Miss 5 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.
August 23, 2024
I feel this would be better suited for elementary school kids than preschoolers, though it could work great in an elementary school classroom especially with the addition of an assignment "select one of the pages and write the middle of the story".
Either way it is a cute fun book to read and I like how the illustrations show what happened in between where the text does not tell us.
I would likely recommend this to others.
Either way it is a cute fun book to read and I like how the illustrations show what happened in between where the text does not tell us.
I would likely recommend this to others.
May 8, 2017
Was looking for something for my preschool story class but this is definitely a book to sit down with a child one on one. The small pictures really tell the story. Would be good to encourage language with your child and have them look at the visuals to see what is happening in the story.
October 18, 2017
While, yes, the written part of each story is short, it is the illustration that really takes it home. There is so much detail in the illustration.
I also love how children can make up the middle of the story.
I also love how children can make up the middle of the story.
October 23, 2017
"For every story there is a beginning and an end, but what happens in between makes all the difference."
Though each story in this book has only a beginning and an end, the illustrations beautifully fill in what happens in between. This would be great to read one on one or to a small group.
Though each story in this book has only a beginning and an end, the illustrations beautifully fill in what happens in between. This would be great to read one on one or to a small group.
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