This Is a Good Story

(Hardback)

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Parents Choice Recommended

An imaginative and creative way of educating readers about effective storytelling and elements of style. Great for sharing one-on-one or in a language arts classroom. School Library Journal

This tongue-in-cheek way of delivering the rules of creative writing is clever, and paired with Le Huches earnest, childlike illustrations, it seems to be aimed at giving helpful direction to aspiring young creators. Kirkus Reviews

From E.B. White Read Aloud author Adam Lehrhaupt comes an inspiring new picture book that takes apart the pieces of a storyhero, heroine, setting, conflictand asks the reader to put the story back together again. This is a good storyor is it

As a child takes her pencil and begins to draw pictures for a story, the narrator takes her and the reader through a rollicking sequence of events in this classic tale of bad guys and townsfolk and dungeons. With simplicity and flair, Adam tells a story and then a meta-story of the parts of the story at once! This Is a Good Story is a wonderful primer on the parts of a story and an imaginative way to encourage creative thinking, writing, and storytelling.

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"An imaginative and creative way of educating readers about effective storytelling and elements of style. Great for sharing one-on-one or in a language arts classroom." -- School Library Journal

Author Bio

Adam Lehrhaupts first picture book,Warning: Do Not Open This Book!, received the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Award, was an ALA Notable Book, and a HuffPost Notable Book. School Library Journal called it, More fun than a barrel of monkeys. He is also the author of Please, Open This Book!, which was named a Wanda Gag ComstockRead Aloud Honor Book, and Idea Jar.Adam has traveled to six continents, performed on Broadway, and lived on a communal farm. He currently lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with his wife, sons, and two bizarre dogs. Visit him online at AdamLehrhaupt.com.

Magali le Huche was born in Paris. She studied illustration in Strasbourg then returned to Paris where she works on childrens books and for the press. She regularly teaches workshops for children.