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Part picture book, part activity book, this step-by-step beginner's guide to putting your pens and pencils to paper is packed with prompts, exercises, tips, jokes and inspiration for telling your own story.

"At the far reaches of Earth, high upon a mountaintop, a bustling city is under attack by a . . . cute little furball? Wait--what?! That's not right. The author wrote this book about a 'ferocious beast,' not a cuddly critter. Turns out, the book's illustrator has other plans. Page by page, these clashing collaborators are writing (and drawing) themselves into the story for a full-on creator combat--a bookmaking BATTLE ROYALE! Can the author make a successful book with no pictures? Can the illustrator tell a tale without words? . . . Or will this dueling duo get on the same page at last to create the ultimate happy ending?"--Amazon.

"I was born a baby and grew into a kid... Soon all the other baby animals can't help but share what they are called and what they grew up into! Readers will learn about owlettes, pufflings, and more. But when the chick, calf, cub, and pup realize they share their names with several other species, they can't believe it. "No way! No how! That can't be true!" becomes a catchy, energetic refrain readers will love chanting." -- Amazon.com.

When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.

"Every summer on Chincoteague Island, there is an auction of ponies who have swum across the channel from Assateague, where ponies run free. If Julie works hard and saves her money all year, perhaps she can win the pony of her dreams, her very own Chincoteague pony"--Publisher.

On Halloween, a little witch and her baby sister study humans and their mysterious ways.

An American folk song, told in rebus form and pictures, is accompanied by suggestions for a "goose-fest.".

The Rabbids encounter a radar machine and realize that if they stand in front of it, it will take their picture.

Ana paints a picture of a dog, but when it goes missing Nate the Great uses his detective skills and eventually solves the mystery.