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School Library Journal - 08/01/2015 PreS-Gr 1—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. While brief, the text plays an integral role in each story. The first tale reads "One day…I went to school. I came home. The end." This spread shows the narrator involved in six different activities, including climbing over the letters of the word went while chasing a cat. Dotlich and Koehler are ideally teamed and offer a genius method of encouraging narrative dialogue, as well as attention to text. Not quite wordless, each simple story sets the stage for the illustrated adventures, which tell the rest of the story. The colorful images represent nine individual tales, yet there is a cohesiveness among them, with images linking back to earlier tales. VERDICT These very short stories are ideal for sharing, providing opportunities for word recognition and writing prompts, dialogic reading, and narrative discussion.—Gaye Hinchliff, King County Library System, WA - Copyright 2015 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 10/01/2015 A young girl declares, “For every story there is a beginning and end, but what happens in between makes all the difference.” She then presents eight “short, very short, shorter-than-ever stories,” consisting of about 12 words each and spanning two to four pages in length. Each tells a different child-size adventure that begins with “One day . . .” and closes with “The end.” 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. For example, story one reads: “One day . . . I went to school. I came home. The end.” However, the illustrations show that the narrator was late to school because she was playing with her orange cat; she made a mess in science class; and she got an ice cream cone from a truck on her way home, which she dropped. Ultimately, this entertaining collection shows that storytelling can be easily accomplished and can consist of more than just words. - Copyright 2015 Booklist.

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