A good story can change everything.

Cover of This Is a Good Story

A good story can change everything.

THIS IS A GOOD STORY

Written by Adam Lehrhaupt
Illustrated by Magali Le Huche

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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Inside This Story

In Adam's school visits, students use these story parts to make choices, test possibilities, and see how a story comes to life.

A child draws a masked character with a pencil.
Two masked characters leap into action.
Colorful buildings and characters establish a story setting.
Approved story-part card about the problem, with layered watercolor and paper textures.
A child considers what to write next.

Stories teach. Stories connect. Stories change the way we see the world… and ourselves.

From the page to the room

Bring the story system
to your school.

This book connects naturally to Adam's school-visit work. Students see how stories are built, make choices, change one thing, and discover what becomes possible.

For libraries & booksellers

Publisher
A Paula Wiseman Book / Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster
Publication date
2017-09-12
ISBN
9781481429351
Length
40 pages