A Squiggly Story

by Andrew Larsen

Mike Lowery (Illustrator)

A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story.

• ISBN13: 9781771380164
• Publish Date: 6 September 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CA
• Imprint: Kids Can Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 32
• Language: English

Reviews

[Joni Reads]

I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is such a cute book! I just finished reading it with my 2 year old twins and they loved it! They are in homebased HeadStart. In case you don't know what that is, it's an early learning program where an educator comes to our house once a week to work with them and teach them things. One of the things that my daughter has been practicing is writing letters and pretending to write. My son can recognize certain letters but he won't try to write them yet. This book appealed to them in different ways.

My daughter enjoyed the way the boy was writing his story. He used some letters, some pictures, and of course some squiggles. I think she could relate because she does the same thing sometimes when we are doodling on paper.

My son liked pointing out the letters he knew and naming the objects the boy was drawing.

They both pretended to be scared of the shark the boy was writing about and they said "Wow!" when they saw the rocket ship. I love seeing them really enjoy a book and they definitely enjoyed this one.

I plan to reread it with my 8 year old daughter because she loves to write her own stories and I think she will really like seeing how this boy writes his own story in his own unique way.

I would definitely recommend this book and I see it working for kids of all ages.