Children love to make up stories, and these 40 creative projects and activities encourage them to free their storytelling instincts. Younger children will love making story stones and a storytelling jar, and then will love using them to create stories of their own, while older kids will enjoy word grab bags, story walks, and journaling exercises. For everyone ages 5 to 12, whatever their reading level, this book has everything needed to spark an infinite...

"By completing these projects, readers will gain a solid baseline in coding. Build a slideshow, design a flag, create headlines that scroll across the bottom of newscasts, and more!"--

Grandpa helps his favorite grandpup to avoid scratching his chicken pox by telling how he once had to fight off an octopus during a terrible storm.

"A lifelong gamer with over 20-years experience in the gaming industry examines the storytelling skills in some of the most beloved and moving games of the past thirty years in this fun and informative YA non-fiction title"--

Introduces fables and describes how to identify a fable by its themes, content, and setting, and includes selected famous fables and explains how to critically and creatively analyze each one.

A slyly fun picture book for kids and adults alike! Anyone who says, You can't please everybody, isn't trying hard enough. At least, that's what the cheeky narrator of this meta picture book thinks! A good book may have a spaceman or a ninja or a cowboy, but Everybody's Favorite Book has something better: a Space Ninja Cow. And that's only the beginning. You like princesses? We got 'em. Prefer a mystery? No sweat. Want the definition of gallimaufry...

"An instructional book on how to write a story from bestselling author Frances O'Roark Dowell"--

"Am I really Polish? On a trip to visit relatives in Poland, a young girl feels disconnected from her identity ... until she and her cousin bond over their shared love of mermaids, magic and fairy tales"--

Featuring beautiful cut-paper art, this collection of Middle Eastern folklore from an award-winning Iraqi storyteller is filled with wisdom about love and acceptance, and warnings against folly.