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The Story of a Story

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The Story of a Story Synopsis

Help young readers become young writers with this sweet picture book about a child finding the words to tell his own story!

If you've ever tried to write a story of your own, you know it's not as easy as it looks. Words get tangled, pencils get broken, piles of pages get crumpled up. It's so much easier just to read all the lovely stories other people have written. . . . But their stories aren't your stories, and your tale is worth telling. 
 
A mostly empty page
Then another.
And still another.
There are squiggles.
There are doodles.
But the words won't come.
 
With the gentle reassurance of experience, two-time SCBWI Golden Kite Award Winner Deborah Hopkinson writes a story that encourages persistence, and celebrates the strength of every child's unique voice and the story they have to tell.  Charming illustrations by Hadley Hooper detail the child's efforts-- and the stroke of inspiration that helps him get going. 
 
This is the perfect picture book for kids who love stories and have big ideas of their own.  Young readers who don't know where to start will be encouraged by the gentle humor, and a page of story-starting ideas offers the opportunity to expand the experience beyond the book.  
 
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
A CCBC Choice

About This Edition

ISBN: 9780823444915
Publication date: 5th November 2021
Author: Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator: Hadley Hooper
Publisher: Neal Porter Books an imprint of Holiday House
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 40 pages
Genres: Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills
Early years: letters and words
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds