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In "A Squiggly Story," a boy eager to write like his older sister finds a creative hurdle: his vocabulary feels too limited. With patience, his sister explains that every story starts with a single word, and every word with a single letter. She encourages him to begin with a letter, and as he writes the letter I, he realizes that a single simple symbol can spring forth an entire narrative. Through this gentle lesson, the boy—and readers—discover that imagination and the ability to tell a story begin with the easiest of places.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Andrew Larsen
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