Rebecca Kai Dotlich has loved stories for as long as she can
remember. She is the author of When Riddles Come Rumbling and
Lemonade Sun, among other titles. Her poetry and picture books have
won various honors, including the Golden Kite Honor Award. She
lives near Indianapolis, Indiana, and gives presentations and
poetry workshops across the country. rebeccakaidotlich.com
Fred Koehler wrote and illustrated his first book, titled
Archie the Shoestring, at age seven, and has been doodling and
writing stories ever since. His debut picture book, How to Cheer Up
Dad, was inspired by a coffee-shop standoff with his two-year-old
son. He lives with his two spirited kids in Lakeland, Florida.
ilikefred.com
A Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book
"A series of cleverly crafted tales involving a precocious girl
doing ordinary things in a creative and energetic manner. Nine
'shorter-than-ever' stories of a dozen words or less, become
considerably more sophisticated when readers delve into Koehler's
dynamic cartoon illustrations.... Dotlich and Koehler are ideally
teamed up and offer a genius method of encouraging narrative
dialogue, as well as attention to text.... These very short stories
are ideal for sharing, providing opportunities for word recognition
and writing prompts, dialogic reading, and narrative
discussion."—School Library Journal
"Retro, digitally created illustrations are clear and uncluttered,
yet provide ample details that allow readers to fill in the gaps of
these oh-so-brief tales....this entertaining collection shows that
storytelling can be easily accomplished and can consist of more
than just words."—Booklist
"Koehler builds each story around an interaction between the giant
typography and the plot, so that a very simple recounting ('One
day... I went to school. I came home. The End.') becomes far
sillier and involved.... Koehler's drawings have an easygoing sense
of whimsy as they highlight just how much can happen in the
briefest of stories."—Publishers Weekly
"In this collection of stories that are both tiny and substantial,
words, pictures, and book design dance with one another in a way
only possible in a picture book.... (t)he text is graphically
dynamic."—The Horn Book
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