A Story with Pictures

by Barbara Kanninen

When an author loses her manuscript, the illustrator decides to take charge, painting characters that would never appear in the author's book-including the author herself! Through this energetic tale,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823420493
• ISBN13: 9780823420490
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.9" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

A Fantastic Book!

Children will love this entertaining tale of a writer, an illustrator, and a duck. Besides being laugh-out-loud funny, this clever story introduces children to the basic elements of fiction: characters, setting, and conflict. In addition, it humanizes the people (authors and illustrators) who create books like this for children. There's nothing quite like this one on the market!

A Must-Have Picture Book

Kids, teachers, and parents will LOVE this delightfully nutty post-modern picture book that explores the art of creating a picture book. When an author loses her way while writing a new story, crazy things start popping up to keep her on her toes and inspire her creativity. For elementary teachers and parents who like to talk about the books they read, "A Story with Pictures" will inspire great discussions of how stories are put together and what choices an author must make when writing. The writing and illustrations are light and whimsical and will keep the kids laughing while they learn.