A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister.
In a sweet touch, the boy and his sister model a close and supportive sibling relationship..
It beautifully highlights the exciting worlds that are opened up when children begin to read and write.
Celebrating self-expression, self-discovery and imagination, this book would enhance an early language arts lesson on writing, particularly on the parts of a story.
Also helpful, the boy\'s Story is shown both as he actually writes it --- with just a few letters, some punctuation marks and typographical symbols --- and as he imagines it.
The lively, fun illustrations by Mike Lowery incorporate Story panels with dialogue bubbles, adding visual texture.
It promotes the idea that stories are available for everyone to tell, whatever way we can, and will inspire pre-readers to try writing stories of their own.
This picture book from award-winning author Andrew Larsen playfully and imaginatively explores a young child\'s process of learning to express himself.
And from that one skinny letter, the Story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story.
The letter I.
An easy letter.
He writes a letter. ?Why don\'t you start there, with a letter So the boy tries. ?Every Story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter, ? his sister explains patiently.
Though he knows his letters, he doesn\'t know many words.
But there\'s a problem, he tells her.
A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister
