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Max's Words by Kate Banks

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Author: Kate Banks
Illustrator: Boris Kulikov
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); 1st edition (August 8, 2006)
Intended Audience: Preschool - 3
Summary: Max's Words is the story of a young boy who decides to start a collection of words. This book is great for vocabulary enhancement because it introduces readers to an array of words ranging from simple words to more complex ones.

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Author: Kate Banks Illustrator: Boris Kulikov Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR); 1st edition (August 8, 2006)Intended Audience: Preschool - 3Summary: Max's Words is the story of a young boy who decides to start a collection of words.

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How to Write a Story by Kate Messner

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How to Write a Story book. Read 55 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Step 1: Choose an idea for your story. A good one.Step 2: Deci...

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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
Note: Could be used as story starters.

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Looking for an easy quick exercise to stoke the imagination? Check this book out.

Comprised of 14 illustrations juxtaposed with a mystery sentence:
eg. Archie Smith, Boy Wonder....A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"
Under the Rug....Two weeks passed and it happened again.

I might use this book or something similar in workshops to inspire creativity....especially with adults!
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Sarah - All The Book Blog Names Are Taken

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Looking for an easy quick exercise to stoke the imagination? Check this book out. Comprised of 14 illustrations juxtaposed with a mystery sentence:eg. Archie Smith, Boy Wonder....A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"Under the Rug....Two weeks passed and it happened again. I might use this book or something similar in workshops to inspire creativity....especially with adults!

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A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea by Michael Ian Black
Note: An excellent, and amusing, example of an essay. structure

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A Pig Parade Is a Terrible Idea book. Read 254 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Could anything possibly be more fun than a pig par...

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Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

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Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Clickety, clack, MOO....

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The Story of a Story by Deborah Hopkinson
Note: A story about the creative process and getting started.

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Read 33 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Help young readers become young writers with this sweet picture book about a child finding …

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Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter
Note: A picture book to get students thinking about what to write.

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write what she knows,”″ young Eva takes the literary advice of her neighbors while adding a few embellishments that make her neighborhood...

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Writing Radar by Jack Gantos
Note: This is not a picture book, but a dynamic book for elementary to middle school for students and teachers.

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I waited on a line at AASL to score an autographed copy and began to read it with my eyes. I suddenly wondered if he narrated this and found that he had. Best read with the book in hand so as not to miss the fantastic illustrations. Really a must-purchase.

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I waited on a line at AASL to score an autographed copy and began to read it with my eyes. I suddenly wondered if he narrated this and found that he had. Best read with the book in hand so as not to miss the fantastic illustrations. Really a must-purchase.

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The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds

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Read 711 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Some people collect stamps. Some people collect coins. Some people collect art. And Jer...

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Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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Abdul's Story book. Read 73 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A little boy who loves storytelling but struggles with writing learns...

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A Squiggly story by Andrew Larson

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Read 174 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he te...

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Patches Lost and Found by Steve Kroll

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The only thing I found wrong with this Kindle version, was the words would not always come up easily to a larger size, for my old eyes.

This little girl loves to draw, which reminds me of my youngest son, who tells me he is a visual learner, and that is the kind of learner that is described in this book. She is given an assignment to write a story, and she asks if she can draw it. She can't think of a story to write, but as her life unfolds, she draws pictures of it, with embellishments, of what...more

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The only thing I found wrong with this Kindle version, was the words would not always come up easily to a larger size, for my old eyes. This little girl loves to draw, which reminds me of my youngest son, who tells me he is a visual learner, and that is the kind of learner that is described in this book.

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How to Bake a Book by Ella Burfoot

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A clever young girl breaks some ideas into a cup and whisks up a blend of wonderful words to bake a book. Burfoot uses fun phrases as "a spoonful of good and a pinch of bad" to keep this lively rhyming book flowing smoothly. I look forward to incorporating How to Bake a Book into my library lessons and have a few ideas for some book connection activities. I really liked it.

I received this book as an ARC from Sourcebooks. Opinions are my own.
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A clever young girl breaks some ideas into a cup and whisks up a blend of wonderful words to bake a book. Burfoot uses fun phrases as "a spoonful of good and a pinch of bad" to keep this lively rhyming book flowing smoothly.

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Ralph Tells a Story by Abby Hanlon

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Ralph Tells a Story book. Read 213 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Although his teacher insists there are stories everywhere, Ral...

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A True Story by Helen Lester

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I thoroughly enjoyed this autobiographical book. The author, who has written children's books, including Tacky the Penguin, talks straightforwardly about what the writing process is like, its joys and challenges. She started off "mirror writing" and overcame that learning disability and then did become a teacher then a writer. She writes about the difficulties of the writing process, getting published, etc. She's funny and poignant.

I wish I'd had this book as a kid. I think it's a terrific book...more

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I thoroughly enjoyed this autobiographical book. The author, who has written children's books, including Tacky the Penguin, talks straightforwardly about what the writing process is like, its joys and challenges. She started off "mirror writing" and overcame that learning disability and then did become a teacher then a writer.

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How This Book Was Made Mac Barnett

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How This Book Was Made book. Read 320 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. You may think you know how this book was made, but you don'...

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This is a Good Story by Adam Lehrhaupt

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This Is a Good Story book. Read 58 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Parents' Choice Recommended "An imaginative and creative way o...

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What Do You Do With An Idea? by Kobi Yamada

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Read 1,544 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This is the story of one brilliant idea and the child who helps to bring it into the wor...

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Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book by Cynthia Rylant

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Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book book. Read 64 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Mr. Putter has always wanted to write a mystery n...

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Chloe and the Lion by Mac Barnett

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Chloe and the Lion book. Read 503 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Meet Chloe: Every week, she collects loose change so she can bu...

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A Boy, A Mouse and a Spider: The Story of EB White by Barbara Herkert

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A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E. B. White

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Read 146 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. A lyrical biography of E. B. White, beloved author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, w…

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Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk

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A shy mouse who lives in the library decides to write and illustrate his own tales. When he's done, he put his books on the shelves. But ...

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Rocket Writes A Story by Tad Hills

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Rocket Writes a Story book. Read 291 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The #1 New York Times BestsellerThis irresistible sequel to ...

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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Note: A story about capturing memories as we can in writing.

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This may just be my favorite picture book ever. I discovered it during grad school when I worked at a children's bookstore, and it was love at first read. I don't think I have ever once read it without tearing up. When I read it to the littles yesterday, Scott had to step in near the end when I was too choked up to speak. It's a beautiful book, and true in the way that sometimes only fiction is.

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge is a little boy who lives next to an old-age home. He is friends wit...more

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This may just be my favorite picture book ever. I discovered it during grad school when I worked at a children's bookstore, and it was love at first read. I don't think I have ever once read it without tearing up.

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The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli

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The Best Story is about a little girl who finds out about a story writing contest and the winner get to ride a roller coaster with what happens to be her favorite author. She looks to her family for help in deciding what to write her story about. She learns that the best story you write has to be your own and has to come form your heart. Many young readers and writers can relate to this story because many people have trouble deciding what to write about. The characters in this book are believabl ...more

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The Best Story is about a little girl who finds out about a story writing contest and the winner get to ride a roller coaster with what happens to be her favorite author. She looks to her family for help in deciding what to write her story about.

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Perfect by Max Amato

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Perfect book. Read 167 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. A fussy eraser and a mischievous pencil spar in this picture book adventur...

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Word After Word After Word by Patricia MacLachlan
Note:  A wonderful story that inspires the writing of poetry.

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sorry for such a late reply, (i just saw this post 2 yrs later lol)sorry for such a late reply, (i just saw this post 2 yrs later lol) Ayamesalami
people would think that this story doesn't have a problem. yes, the children have t
people would think that this story doesn't have a problem. yes, the children have their own problems, but that's it.
there's so much more to that, though.
everyone has their own problems- and sometimes its hard to overcome them.
the main character, Lucy, wants to see her mother laugh- Because it makes her and her mother happy. But she also has a problem admitting it to her mother, so her escape route is through writing.
I know this isn't useful, but I thought it would be helpful! (even if its not)(less) ...more

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sorry for such a late reply, (i just saw this post 2 yrs later lol)sorry for such a late reply, (i just saw this post 2 yrs later lol) Ayamesalami people would think that this story doesn't have a problem. yes, the children have tpeople would think that this story doesn't have a problem.

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The Plot Chickens by M. J. Auch and Mary Jane Auch

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The Plot Chickens book. Read 152 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Henrietta loves to read. When she clucks buk, buk, buk at the li...

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Chester by Melanie Watts

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Chester book. Read 532 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Chester is more than a picture book. It is a story told, and retold, by du...

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Rise Up and Write It by Nandini Ahuja

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Farah wants to bring the butterflies back to her neighborhood. After some research, she learns that butterflies need flowers--and her neighborhood has lots of great people, and many great places to find food--but few flowers. Farah and her friends are determined to convince the city to turn the local lot into a community garden--and they work as a team writing letters, creating a petition, holding a community meeting, and more along the way.

I love this book, though, from a librarian perspective,...more

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Farah wants to bring the butterflies back to her neighborhood. After some research, she learns that butterflies need flowers--and her neighborhood has lots of great people, and many great places to find food--but few flowers.

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One by Kate Duke

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One (Picture Puffins)

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Read 26 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. What goes into a really good story? Only the best ingredients-a heroine, a hero, excitement...

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Teaching Resource
The Ramped-Up Read-Aloud: what to notice as you turn the page by Maria Walther.
Note: The book offers reading lists and lesson plans for promoting literacy, and identifying elements of literacy through picture books.

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This is a great resource for teachers and librarians alike, but really geared towards classrooms teachers that are looking for ways to incorporate read-aloud time as more than just "fun". The author however makes sure to point out that the first step is FUN!! I found some cool new titles for storytimes, and its always helpful to have more ways to think about picture books for many ages!! ...more

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This is a great resource for teachers and librarians alike, but really geared towards classrooms teachers that are looking for ways to incorporate read-aloud time as more than just "fun". The author however makes sure to point out that the first step is FUN!!

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Teaching Resource
Pernille Ripp's list for picture books about the writing process.
https://pernillesripp.com/2019/08/02/a-few-picture-books-for-discussing-the-writing-process/

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As I get ready to embark on another year of teaching English, I have been learning more about the writing process and the specific skills that I need to teach in order to help my students change or strengthen their experience with writing. Within the pages of professional development books I have found so much inspiration for how to create a better experience, hopefully, for kids. And so when I went to my classroom today, I pulled a few great picture books that I plan on sharing and showcasing to students to help them discuss the supposed rules of writing and how we can break them to create our a unique written piece. Here are some of the ones I pulled.

The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Hannah Marks is a newer picture book that breaks the fourth wall. While it tries to set up the problem of the story, panda quickly realizes that he is supposed to be the problem but he does not want to be.

Ideas are All Around by Philip C. Stead is a great book to share when someone tells you they have no ideas. Perhaps they need to take some time to look around and then see what they can come up with.

Battle Bunny by Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett is a great picture book to use with kids that feel they have no ideas because it shows the legitimacy of starting from something known and making it your own. Plus, this book is just a fun read!

Also an Octopus by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Benji Davis is perfect for thinking of how we craft stories and the elements we need. The illustrations are playful and the story itself is informational and whimsical.

I wonder how many Mac Barnett books I have featured on this blog, his How This Book Was Made illustrated by Adam Rex is perfect for discussing writer's and illustrator's process. I am so thankful for their genius.

I love how I Am A Story by Dan Yaccarino urges us to think of how far stories have traveled and how they shape our society. I love the illustrations paired with the unfolding of story, fantastic for setting up writer's workshop at any age.

This Is My Book! by Mark Pett (and no one else) is laugh out loud funny. I especially enjoyed the interplay between the author and the panda. Kids are sure to appreciate the message but also how well it is portrayed; who really creates the story and how can we co-create?

The Whisper by Pamela Zagarenski is beautiful both in text and in the illustrations. Using a book whose words fall out as a way to discuss imagination is a marvelous way to get students thinking more creatively.

In Little Red Writing by Joan Holub and illustrated by Melissa Sweet, we see how our pencil heroine has to navigate the perils of writing. relatable and wise, this is a great picture book.

Three PD books that are furthering my work at the moment are

Comprehension & Collaboration - Revised Edition by Stephanie Harvey and Harvey "Smokey" Daniels is helping me frame our year of writing as inquiry explorations.

Rozlyn Linder left us much too soon but her genius lives on in her book The Big Book of Details. If you have ever told a child to add more details but wasn't quite sure how to have them do this, this is the book for you.

The importance of Why They Can't Write by John Warner to my upcoming year of instruction is undisputed. I am re-working everything I am doing with writing because of this book.

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A Few Picture Books for Discussing the Writing Process

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As I get ready to embark on another year of teaching English, I have been learning more about the writing process and the specific skills that I need to teach in order to help my students change or strengthen their experience with writing. Within the pages of professional development books I have found so much...

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Little Red Writing by Joan Holub

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Acclaimed writer Joan Holub and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet team up in this hilarious and exuberant retelling of Little Red Riding Ho...