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Write a Children's Story!

Here’s how to join:

1. Write a simple story for very early readers, so make sure your words can be read at a basic reading level.
   •   Your story can be a SIMPLIFIED ADAPTATION of popular stories, or one that’s COMPLETELY ORIGINAL.
   •   5 to 15 slides per story

2. Plan your storyboard by splitting your story into 1 or 2 sentences per slide.

3. Post a summary of your entry in this thread in the following format:
       Title: The title of your story and your name (you may use a pen name, if you like)
          Slide 1: One or two sentences of your story
              Image:  Describe your illustration or what illustration you mean to have
              Picture Audio: (if any)
          Slide 2:  Another sentence or two from your story
              Image:  Describe your illustration or what illustration you mean to have
              Picture Audio: (if any)

4. You can post as many entries as you like!

Duration:  Contest ends on August 22, 2008

Judging:  KL & I will review the entries on August 22nd. We will announce the winners on August 25, 2008.

[EDIT: As we won't be able to review everything until Monday 25th, you can still submit entries over the weekend!]


Prizes:

The person with the best story will get  5,000 loyalty points, plus we will actually commission a professional artist to illustrate the story and publish it as one of the default categories for Little Reader with credit going to the author!

We will also choose the Top 10 Storytellers and give them 1,000 loyalty points each!

Criteria for Judging:
   •   Originality
   •   Creativity
   •   Suitability and effectiveness for the early reader

Adding Pictures and Audio:
Although the contest doesn’t require this, you can still choose to create your own story categories and playlists, and add your own images, pronunciation and picture audio.  The more people download your story, the more points you earn!

so it's not judged with any pictures? you are just judging by the story itself?

That's right, Nikki.  :happy: The contest doesn't require them to be illustrated nor made into categories, but of course you are all free to make them into Little Reader playable files for everyone to enjoy!  This time, we hope everyone will join the contest, seeing as it is much easier to submit an entry.  :yes:

Being one of the most creative members of our forum, I look forward to seeing work from you soon!

Cheers everyone, and have fun!  lol

Hi Lappy,

I have attached my story as a ppt slide with some illustrations from clipart. Though they are not very consistent, they tell the story!  :biggrin:

Is this what you are looking for? Shall i make it simpler?

Anushyam

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Title:The Mouse and the Lion Adaptation from Aesop’s Fables by AnuShyam

Slide 1: One day, the lion was resting after a full meal.
              Image:  Picture of a lion resting after eating
              Picture Audio: None
         
Slide 2:  A tiny mouse, who did not know that the lion was sleeping, made a lot of noise collecting food. 
                     This woke the angry lion up.
              Image:  Lion angry at waking up and finding a mouse
              Picture Audio: *Roar*

Slide 3:  The mouse pleaded with the lion,
                      "Please don’t be angry sir, Please let me go. I can help you in your time of need."
              Image:  Mouse talking to the lion
              Picture Audio: None

Slide 4:  The lion laughed and mocked,
                      "How can a tiny mouse help a big lion like me? Go on now and don’t disturb me."
              Image:  Lion laughing at mouse
              Picture Audio: *Hahaha*

Slide 5:  A few days later, while the lion was looking around for food, he accidentally stepped into a net trap.
                     The lion roared and fought to be freed.
              Image:  Lion caught in a trap
              Picture Audio: *Roar*

Slide 6:  Upon hearing the lion’s cries, the tiny mouse came to the lion’s help.
                     "Don’t worry sir, I’ve come to help you."
              Image:  Lion caught in a trap, and mouse trying to help
              Picture Audio: None

Slide 7:  "How can a tiny mouse help a big lion like me? Go on now and don’t disturb me." said the lion sadly.
                      The mouse immediately nibbled on the net and in no time, the net fell apart .
              Image:  Sad lion, the mouse chewing on the net
              Picture Audio: None

Slide 8:  "I’m sorry I underestimated you because of your size. Thank you for your help." said the lion.
                     "I’m just returning a good deed you did by releasing me the other day.” said the mouse.
                     They both became the best of friends from that day forward.
              Image:  Freed lion, happy with mouse
              Picture Audio: None

Wonderful, Anushyam!! What a great story to get the ball rolling!

My only comment would be that some slides could be made shorter or split into another slide, cos this is aimed for the very early reader. But in any case, I thoroughly enjoyed it!! :D

Thanks for all your effort!

Hi, wasn't sure if this was too simple.  I can get all the photos for it though.  I thought that there can be a vocabulary list to work on before reading the story too.  Hope it is close to what your looking for.

Koala girl


Katie the Koala

Slide one:  This is Katie the Koala.
Image: Picture of a koala

Slide two:  Katie lives high up in the trees.
Image:  Koala in the trees.

Slide three: Katie only eats eucalyptus leaves.
Image:  Koala eating leaves.

Slide four:  Katie has two thumbs to help her eat.
Image:  Picture of two opposable thumbs on hand.

Slide five:  She is always tired and likes to sleep.
Image:  Koala sleeping.

Slide six:  Katie has sharp claws to help her climb.
Image: Close up of claws.

Slide seven:  And in her pouch she has a big surprise!
Image:  Joey head looking out of pouch.

Oh, that is great!  :D

Why I Love You
by nhockaday
http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=793

Slide one: One night Baby Bear asked Momma Bear why she loved him. Momma Bear gently kissed him and said:
(momma bear tucking baby bear into bed and kissing him)

Slide two: I love you because you are the cutest, most lovable, huggable bear in the whole world.
(baby bear giving momma bear a hug)
 
Slide three: Because every time you smile, my day gets a little brighter,
(baby bear with a big smile)

Slide four: and every time you laugh, my heart bursts with joy.
(baby bear laughing while momma bear tickles him)

Slide five: I love you because no other bear makes silly faces like you do,
(baby bear making silly faces)

Slide six: and no other bear gives sloppy, wet kisses like you do.
(baby bear giving momma bear a big kiss)

Slide seven: I love you because when you're in my arms, nothing else matters,
(momma bear holding baby bear in her arms)

Slide eight: and when I'm away from you, you're all that I think about.
(momma bear thinking about baby bear while sitting at her desk at work)

Slide nine: There are so many reasons why I love you,
(back to the image of momma bear tucking baby bear in [but no kisses this time])

Slide ten: but most of all, I love you because you are all mine.
(baby bear sleeping and momma bear shutting out the light)

AWW.  :happy: That was soooo heartwarming.

Great work everyone!

Ok maybe my first story was too advanced for little kids to read. So I'm taking KL's advice and embarking on this simple phonetic story from my child's school.  :)

Title: Ziggy the Zebra Adaptation from a preschool by Anushyam

Slide 1: Ziggy zipped across the road.
Image: Background is the zoo. Foreground is a zebra trying to cross the road

Slide 2: No zipping said the zookeeper.
Image: Zookeeper warning ziggy the zebra

Slide 3: Ziggy zoomed across the road
Image: Background is the zoo. Foreground is a zebra trying to cross the road faster. different cars

Slide 4: No zooming said the zookeeper.
Image: Zookeeper warning ziggy the zebra

Slide 5: Ziggy zig zagged across the road
Image: Ziggy zigzagging on the road

Slide 6: No zigzagging said the zookeeper.
Image: Zookeeper warning ziggy the zebra

Slide 7: The zookeeper had an idea.
Image: A light bulb over the zookeeper's head

Slide 8: Ziggy had a zebra crossing
Image: Ziggy using the zebra crossing to cross the road, while cars wait on.  :biggrin:


Anushyam

Wonderful work, all!! Man, I think this is going to be a very hard contest to judge!!

Koala Girl, you could almost turn that into a Little Reader download already! Why don't you make it one and let us all (and our kids) enjoy it too?

:)

Thank you!  I can go ahead and download it but I don't have my microphone up and running yet.  I can download it without me reading it or I can try to get my microphone running.  Thanks for the encouragement though!

I love the other stories too!  I can't wait to see more.  My DD and I are having so much fun together here already.  My older kids even get on Brillbaby when I'm not watching just for the fun of it!

Auntie Jane and the cake
Slide 1: Auntie Jane wants to make a cake. She asks her animals, "Who would like to help?"
Image: Auntie Jane in front of a farm house, some baking utensils in her hands.

Slide 2: "Not me," said the pig. (sound of a pig)
"Not me," said the cow. (sound of a cow)
"Not me, said the hen. (sound of a hen)
We are too busy to help you.
Image: Show the animals talking with auntie.

Slide 3: Auntie Jane asks her children, "Who would like to help?"
Image: Show the auntie talking to children scattered around the yard.

Slide 4: "I will," said Jenny.
"I will," said Pete.
"I will," said Lily.
We are happy to help you!
Image: Show happy children running toward the house.

Slide 5: They have a lot of fun and they make a yummy cake.
Image: Show the kitchen, children and auntie dusty and dirty from baking and a big cake.

Slide 6: Auntie Jane said, "Who would like to help me to eat the cake?"
Image: Show the auntie standing in front of the house with the cake in her hands.

Slide 7: "I will," said the pig. (sound of a pig)
"I will," said the cow. (sound of a cow)
"I will," said the hen. (sound of a hen)
We all have time to eat.
Image: The auntie still standing in front of her house surrounded by the happy animals, eager to eat the cake.

Slide 8: "Oh no," said auntie Jane, "you do not deserve a piece. You did not help."
Image: Show the auntie hiding the cake behind her and motioning 'no' to the animals.

Slide 9: Auntie Jane invited the children to have some cake.
Image: Show the auntie motioning to the children to come and eat.
Slide 10: The animals were very sad.
Image: Show the animals' sad faces.

Slide 11: "I'm sorry," said the pig. (sound of a pig)
"I'm sorry," said the cow. (sound of a cow)
"I'm sorry," said the hen. (sound of a hen)
Next time we will help you!
Image: Shows the animals sadly tugging at auntie's skirt.

Slide 12: Auntie Jane said, "I see you are sorry, so because I love you, you can have some cake too."
Image: Auntie Jane is cutting the cake.

Slide 13: Everyone was happy, the cake was very good. (MMMMMMMmmmmmm sound)
And next time when asked for help the animals will say:
Image: Shows everyone eating and enjoying the cake.

Slide 14: "I will," says the pig. (sound of a pig)
"I will," says the cow. (sound of a cow)
"I will," says the hen. (sound of a hen)
We are very happy to help you!
Image: Shows everyone together happy and waving to the reader.

I uploaded Little Reader category:
Children's Story - Rainy Day Picnic - http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=788 (http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=788)
(From Longman Series - English for Me! - I highly recommend it as early reading).  :blush:

Slide 1
"Let's go on a picnic tomorrow," said Mrs. Lee. "Yes! Great!" shouted the boys and girls.
Picture: Picture of Mrs. Lee with a basket ready for a picnic.

Slide 2
The next day the children came to school ready to go on a picnic.
Picture: The children coming to school ready to go on a picnic

Slide 3
But by lunchtime the clouds were gray. It got very windy.Picture: Children looking out the window to gray windy sky.

Slide 4
The sky was dark. And it got darker and darker untill...Picture: The sky is getting darker.

Slide 5
"FLASH!" went the lightning.
Picture: Flash of the lightning.

Slide 6
"BOOM!" went the thunder.
Picture: Boom of the thunder.

Slide 7
"PLOP! PLOP! PLOP!" went the rain.
Picture: Plopping of the rain.

Slide 8
"Now we can't have our picnic." "Oh no!" cried the children. But Nora was thinking.
Picture: Children looking at the raining and Nora thinking.

Slide 9
Nora whispered something into Mrs. Lee's ear. "Good idea, Nora!"
Picture: Nora whispering something into Mrs. Lee's ear.

Slide 10
The children moved their chairs.
Picture: Children moving their chairs.

Slide 11
They moved their tables. The children helped Mrs. Lee put the big blanket on the floor.
Picture: Children moving their tables and helping Mrs. Lee put the big blanket on the floor.

Slide 12
"Look! Now we can have our picnic!" said Mrs. Lee. The children laughed as the rain splashed on the windows.
Picture: Children and teacher having picnic on the floor in the classroom.

PLAYTIME
by NHOCKADAY
http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=794

Slide one: Emily likes to swim.
(a girl swimming)

Slide two: Josh likes to sing.
(a boy singing)
 
Slide three: Michael likes to jump,
(a boy jumping)

Slide four: and Amy likes to swing.
(a girl swinging)

Slide five: John likes to spin.
(a boy spinning)

Slide six: Jenny likes to hide.
(a girl hiding behind something)

Slide seven: David likes to run,
(a boy running)

Slide eight: and Mary likes to slide.
(a girl sliding down a slide)

Slide nine: All of these children love to play.
(small pics of all the children doing their favorite activities)

Slide ten: What would you like to do today?
(all of the action words listed around the page in different fonts, sizes, and colors)

The Camping Trip by akgard

Slide One: Jackson likes to go camping
   Boy with camping gear

Slide Two: Mommy and Daddy are setting up the tent for us to sleep in. 
   Parents putting up tent

Slide Three: Jackson is collecting sticks for the campfire. 
   Boy collecting sticks in forest

Slide Four: Jackson puts on his hiking boots and backpack so he can go for a hike.
   Boy putting on boots wearing backpack

Slide Five: Mommy shows Jackson how to use a compass.
   Mom and boy looking at compass

Slide Six: Daddy paddles the canoe while Skippy the dog swims behind him.
   Dad in canoe on lake with dog swimming in the water

Slide Seven: Daddy tells scary stories around the campfire after dinner.
   Family around campfire roasting marshmellows

Slide Eight: We will keep warm in our sleeping bags.
   Family in sleeping bags inside tent

I like dogs

Slide 1
Dogs are big.
(Picture some big dogs)

Slide 2
Dogs are small.
(Picture some small breed dogs)

Slide 3
Dogs are cute.
(Picture some puppies)

Slide 4
I like them all.
(Picture all of them together)

Slide 5
How about you?
(Picture a little child playing with a dog)

Koala Girl I love it so I gave you some Karma.  Have you added your story to the download files yet?  I would love to have this story.  If you don't have sound yet would you consider uploading without sound so we can all enjoy it on our little readers.  And if your interested I'd be glad to add the sound for you!!

yes, she has. Here is the link http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=951

Slide 1: There once was a little girl named Hannah.
Picture: A little girl would be the focus

Slide 2: Hannah liked to color with crayons.
Picture: A picture of the little girl coloring

Slide 3: One day Hannah colored a picture of a beach.
Picture: A crayon made coloring picture of a beach scene

Slide 4: Hannah wanted to go to the beach but her Mommy said it was to far away in Florida.
Picture: Picture of a Mother and small child looking at a globe or map

Slide 5: Hannah's Mommy picked her up and told her she knew a trick of how she could get there.
Picture: A picture of a mother and daughter both with excited looks.

Slide 6: Hannah became very excited.
Picture: Picture of Hannah packing up her suitcase.

Slide 7: Her Mommy told her that if she closed her eyes for a nap she might be able to dream her way to Florida.
Picture: Picture of the Mother laying down with a dream of a beach scene shown as her thought with a confused look on the little girls face.

Slide 8: Her Daddy came in the room where she and Mommy were.
Picture: Father enters scene with Mother and Father

Slide 9: The Daddy said "or you can get there by learning how to read."
Picture: Picture of the father reading with his thought bubble showing him as a knight on a horse.

Slide 10: Little Hannah was confused by what both her parents were saying.
Picture: A picture of the little girl looking confused.

Slide 11: Finally, her imaginary friend Susie told her "You know-imagination!"
Picture of another little girl preferrably looking like a rag dog whispering to the little girl

Slide 12: Hannah understood! Imagination can take you anywhere.
Picture: Hannah jumping up and down.

Slide 13: That day Hannah went to the beach, mountains, rain forest, and even into outer space.
Picture of Hannah napping with thought bubbles of beach and rainforest.

Slide 14: All using imagination!
Picture: Picture of Hannah reading with thought bubbles of mountains and outerspace.

Wonderful stories so far, everyone. Keep 'em coming!

Being Generous

Slide 1: If you share your favorite book with a friend...
Picture 1: Two children sharing a book

Slide 2: If you smile at someone who looks sad...
Picture 2: One child smiling at other child that is sad

Slide 3: If you read a story to your sister or brother...
Picture 3: Two children reading a book together and smiling

Slide 4: If you cheer up an older person...
Picture 4: A child bringing a flower to old lady

Slide 5: If you set the table before anybody asks you..
Picture 5: A child setting the table

Slide 6: If you save pennies for children who are hungry..
Picture 6: A child putting pennies into a coin bank

Slide 7: If you make a card for a sick friend..
Picture 7: A child drawing a picture (thinking about a sick friend in a bed)

Slide 8: You will feel good!
Picture 8: Pictures of many different faces of children smiling and feeling happy.

Slide 9: You will feel good because you will be generous.
Picture 9: Pictures of many different children smiling and feeling happy with read hearts on their bodies.

Slide 10: Beeing generous means you give to others because you want to.
Picture 10: Picture of many children smiling and holding different objects (like they are giving things)

Slide 11: That makes you feel really good inside. How will you be generous today?
Picture 10: One smiling child with a big read heart in background.

What Can I Do?

Slide 1: What can I do with my body?
Picture 1: A body of a child

Slide 2: I can jump.
Picture 2: A child jumping.

Slide 3: I can run.
Picture 3: A child running.

Slide 4: I can lie down.
Picture 4: A child lying down

Slide 5: I can swim.
Picture 5: A child swimming.

Slide 6: I can walk.
Picture 7: A child walking

Slide 8: I can hop.
Picture 8: A child hopping.

Slide 9: I can point.
Picture 9: A child pointing.

Slide 10: I can crouch.
Picture 10: A child crouching.

Slide 11: I can stretch.
Picture 11: A child stretching.

Slide 12: I can spin.
Picture 12: A child spinning.

Slide 13: I can bend my knees.
Picture 13: A child bending knees.

Slide 14: I can tiptoe.
Picture 14: A child tiptoing.

Slide 14: I can dance.
Picture 14: A child dancing.

Slide 16: And what can YOU do with your body?
Picture 16: A child smiling and question mark in the background.

I’m imagining this drawn with the same kinds of colors you find in the book “Bear Wants More”  by Karma Wilson.  I’m basing the vocabulary in the story more on what my 2 and 3 year olds like to have read to them, and not something on the earliest of reading levels.  For audio, I would read the story out-loud on each slide, and if it were workable, have the words highlighted as they are read (so that it’s more of a read-along, than a read-aloud  ).  It would be neat for the parents to re-record the story using their own child’s name instead of “Rachael.”  I may try to make some pictures and upload it’s category file (if I can make something that actually resembles the story (I’m awful at drawing even stick figures!  )  Enjoy!

A Walk in the Woods
by Rebekah McNary

Slide 1:     One morning, Rachael went for a walk in the woods.
Image:      A little blonde girl is skipping away from a house towards an opening in
                the nearby woods.

Slide 2:     She could smell the wet earth that was still damp with dew.
Image:      The brown, packed-earth trail is winding through the tall trees.  Shorter bushes,
                plants, flowers, etc are close to the trail.  There’s a beautiful spider’s web at eye level
                on one side (a bigger, colorful banana spider maybe?).  Dew drops are shining all
                over the plants, and are especially pretty on the spider’s web.  The little girl is
                studying the web.

Slide 3:     She looked up at the tall, tall trees.
Image:      A picture taken from the ground looking up her face showing the tops of the trees
                reaching towards the bright blue sky with big fluffy white clouds.

Slide 4:     It was sunny, but the trees shaded her and kept her cool.
Image:      The girl is leaning into a gentle breeze that’s blowing back her hair and dress (just a
                little bit) with her eyes closed tight, a big grin on her face, and her arms flung back a
                bit.  Notice the rays of light making small bright patches on the brown path.

Slide 5:     Rachael listened to the birds singing while they bathed in a little stream.
Image:      The girl’s head is cocked to one side as she watches the birds with a half-smile on
                her face.  She’s holding something by now, a rock, a flower, a large fallen leaf, etc. 
                Some are in a clear, pebbly, shallow stream.  Some are drying and preening
                themselves just above on some tree branches that hang over the stream.

Slide 6:     She watched a rabbit munching on some grass.
Image:      The girl is squatting a stone’s-throw from the brown/gray rabbit.  She’s looking at
                the bunny, but her hand is reaching for a clover flower by her shoe (Mary-Janes  )

Slide 7:     She noticed some bees lazily buzzing around the clover flowers.
Image:      The girl is now sitting on the ground in a big patch of clover.  Her legs are both to
                one side, and she’s leaning on her hand on the other side.  Her free hand holds the
                clover flower up to her nose (for her to smell) while her focus is on the bees.

Slide 8:     Then she heard a rustling noise in the bushes!
Image:      Her head whips around to see the bushes (showing some shaking motion) with eyes
                as big as saucers and an “O” mouth.

Slide 9:     What WAS that?!  A cat?  A dog?  NO!
Image:      The girl is squatting/starting to stand, still staring at the bush.  The bush has two
                BIG eyes looking out at her, and a large undefined body still mostly hidden in the
                shadow of the bush

Slide 10:     A GIANT raccoon scurried across the brown path…
Image:        The girl is standing straight with her arms slightly out to the side.  She’s dropping
                  her flower and taking a step backwards (away from the raccoon).  The raccoon is
                  running quickly on his toes straight across the path.  He’s unusually big (like a
                  medium-sized dog) fluffy, friendly-looking (and a bit scared himself) looking
                  straight ahead to the other side of the path.

Slide 11:     slipped quickly into the long grass…
Image:        He’s reached the other side of the path.  He’s nosing into a patch of grass that’s
                  quite tall enough to hide him.

Slide 12:     and was gone…
Image:        swishy grass covers his trail and you can’t see him anymore.

Slide 13:     Rachael was so excited!
Image:        She’s grinning again, and her eyes are squished shut a bit.  Maybe hands clasped
                  together under her chin?


Slide 14:     She wanted to tell Daddy about everything she saw.
Image:        She stoops to pick up her fallen flower.

Slide 15:     Rachael skipped back up the path…
Image:        Skipping with hair and dress blowing back, passing the things she just saw.

Slide 16:     and all the way home.
Image:        girl’s back skipping back up the path from the woods heading to front door.

Slide 17:     THE END
Image:        THE END

Slide one - I am a little panda.
Image - young panda

Slide two - I live in China with my mommy.
Image - colorful map of China

Slide three - When I was born I was very small and white.
Image - baby panda, all white

Slide four - My mommy held me in her arms.
Image - mother panda holding baby panda (baby all white)

Slide five - Now I am black and white and too big to carry.
Image - Mother panda and young panda next to eachother. (baby black and     
white)

Slide six - My favorite food is bamboo.
Image - young panda eating bamboo.

slide seven - My favorite thing to do is climb trees.
Image - young panda up in a tree.

slide eight - I love being a panda.
Image - cute young panda photo.

I wrote this story last week after we enjoyed a day at the park. My three year old daughter, Penny, loved the story the first two times that I read it to her. I explained that the story was all about her and that she was the happy girl speaking in the story.

However, five minutes later she was not very happy. She came up and told me that she did not have a vegemite sandwich and Daddy did not have a donut. I explained to her that when writing a story for other people I have to change the story a little to make it more fun for them because they could not actually be with us and have fun at the park. This eventually made her happy again and off she went to play.

The next time we are going to visit “the duck park” as Penny calls it, I shall have to remember to pack the picnic fare included in the story so that I can take photos and attach them to Little Reader for my children to enjoy.

Download the story at http://forum.brillkids.com/downloads/?sa=view;id=1106

Title: Penny’s Day at the Park written by Mum

   Slide 1: We went to the park. Penny rode her pink bike. “Watch me!”
   Image: A small girl wearing a pink bike helmet riding a pink bike past a duck pond.
   Picture Audio: Duck’s Quacking. Quack, quack, quack.

   Slide 2: Hayden sat in his blue pram. “Peekaboo Hayden!”
   Image: A baby boy in a blue pram watching dogs run past.
   Picture Audio: Dog’s barking. Woof, woof, woof.

   Slide 3: Mummy pushed the pram. “Go faster Mummy!”
   Image: A mother pushing a blue pram in a park.
   Picture Audio: Foot steps on gravel. Step, step, step.

   Slide 4: Daddy kicked the red ball. “Slow down Daddy!”
   Image: A father kicking a red ball in the park.
   Picture Audio: A ball being kicked. Kick, kick, kick.

   Slide 5: We had lunch at the park.
   Image: Families sitting on picnic rugs eating food.
   Picture Audio: A mother shouting “Lunch time”.

   Slide 6: Penny ate a vegemite sandwich and strawberries. “Yummy!”
   Image: A small girl eating a sandwich.
   Picture Audio: A girl saying “Yum, yum, yummy”.

   Slide 7: Hayden drank all of his milk. “Good baby!”
   Image: A smiling baby boy with a messy face.
   Picture Audio: Happy baby sounds. Ga, ga, ga.

   Slide 8: Mummy ate a salad and an apple. “Crunchy!”
   Image: A mother eating an apple.
   Picture Audio: Crunching sounds. Crunch, crunch, crunch.

   Slide 9: Daddy ate a meat pie and a donut. “Oh Daddy!”
   Image: A father eating a meat pie.
   Picture Audio: Mmmmmmmmm sounds.

   Slide 10: We played at the playground.
   Image: Happy children on swings.
   Picture Audio: Lots of children happily yelling.

   Slide 11: Penny went down the high slide very fast. “Hooray!”
   Image: A girl sliding down a big slide.
   Picture Audio: A girl saying “Weeeeeeeeeee”.

   Slide 12: Hayden went down the low slide and fell off. “You’re too small Hayden!”
   Image: A baby boy sliding down a small slide.
   Picture Audio: A tumbling noise.

   Slide 13: Mummy went down the round slide very slowly. “Hurry up Mummy!”
   Image: A mother at the bottom of a round, curly slide.
   Picture Audio: A mother saying “Wow”.

   Slide 14: Daddy did not go down the slide. “You’re too big Daddy!”
   Image: Daddy holding a small girl in one arm and a baby boy in the other arm.
   Picture Audio: Children laughing.

   Slide 15: Penny had a fun day at the park.
   Image: A small girl smiling and waving.
   Picture Audio: A happy girl saying “Goodbye park”.

Hi there,

I hope this is the right way to post my story!  I'm still new to this website.  I use this story to introduce the topic of colours to my kids.  They love it.  Hope you like it too.

By the way I managed to find pictures as well but couldn't find a way how to paste them together with the story.



Title: Colours of the Rainbow

Slide 1: One day, the sky was full of huge, WHITE clouds.  “We have no colour,” sobbed the clouds.  And soon it started to rain.
Image: Sky covered in white clouds

Slide 2: They cried and cried, and it rained, and rained.  The angels in heaven heard their cries and asked them what was the matter.
Image: Cute little angels on clouds


Slide 3: “Our colour is so pale!” cried one cloud, and the others joined in.  So the angels promised them that from that day on, the most COLOURFUL of things will appear in the sky whenever it rained….


Slide 4: Soon after a colourful RAINBOW appeared.
Image: Colourful rainbow in between two clouds

Slide 5:Red
Image: Red line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'red'

Slide 6: Orange
Image:Orange line in the shape of a semicircle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'orange'

Slide 7: Yellow
Image: Yellow line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'yellow'

Slide 8: Green
Image: Green line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'green'

Slide 9: Blue
Image: Blue line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'blue'

Slide 10: Indigo
Image: Indigo line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'indigo'

Slide 11: Violet
Image: Violet line in the shape of a semi-circle
Picture Audio: pronounciation of the word 'violet'

Slide 12: These are ALL the colours of the rainbow.

Slide 13: All the clouds were happy now. They loved the colours of their rainbow.
Image: Smiling clouds, maybe hugging a rainbow

Why don't you check the forum for the topic with steps to create a category? Then you can attach the photos and upload your category too ;)

  My son just loves this story and it would be fun to put his picture in it!

Title: Baby, Baby, What Do You see?   Adaptation of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
Slide 1:  Mommy, Mommy,  what do you see?
Image:  Picture of Mom

Slide 2 : I see Daddy looking at me!
Image : Picture of Mom and Dad

Slide 3:  Daddy, Daddy, what do you see?
Image:  Picture of Dad

Slide 4: I see your brother looking at me!  (One may write the child's name also as an option...I see Jacob looking at me!)
Image:  Picture of Dad and male child

Slide 5: Brother, brother, what do you see?
Image: Picture of child (male)

Slide 6: I see your sister looking at me!
Image:  Picture children (female and male)

Slide 7: Sister, sister, what do you see?
Image: Picture of female child

Slide 8: I see the baby looking at me!  (It can also say, I see (your child's name) looking at me!)
Image:  Picture of your child and sister

Slide 9:  Baby, Baby, what do you see?
Image : Picture of your child

Slide 10:  I see Mom, Dad, (siblings names)  looking at me!  That's what I see!
Image: Picture of family

I almost missed it...

I have some ideas but don't have much time to think it over. Can I do some changes later?

The title would be something like: A girl from Hungary

A few sentences, not in order - still just ideas  :blush:

I am a girl.

My name is Karina.
(photo of her)

I am from Hungary.
(map of Hungary, tricolor of H, music: nathional hymn of H)

There are two big rivers in Hungary.
(map of H + tro rivers signed)

There are frogs in the rivers.
(animation of a frog, sound of frogs)

There are storks in Hungary.
(photoes of storks)

Storks like to eat frogs.
(munching sound)

I like to eat pancakes.
(photo + munching sound)

I like Hungary.
(photo of Karina in Budapest)

As we won't be able to review everything until Monday 25th, you can still submit entries over the weekend!

What's difficult there is what exactly is end time of the comp...it's friday 12.27pm right now for me in Australia, The 22nd.  What would be my end time for an entry?

Just assume end of Sunday US West Coast time.  If you've been working on it, are almost finished, and just need a slight extension, just PM me.

:)

Oh yea! Love the extension - I am a procrastinator by nature - had some ideas but not enought time - mayhaps this weekend I can get my act together. 
To everyone - your entries are great and inspiring.  Nikki, I LOVE your stories-so creative!

Thanks again for letting us have the weekend!  :biggrin:

oh, thank you! We've missed you!

thanks- I've missed everyone too - work got busy and crazy and I found myself with no time to even check in for awhile.  I think I have a lot of catching up to do!!  Looks like lots of new downloads and new features to "play" with.  Take care and bye for now.

here's an attempt at a story that highlights rhyming and early word endings.

Title: The New Toy by lawrencelb

Slide 1:  Here is a boy.  He wants a toy.

         Image: boy standing; "thought bubble" above his head filled
                   with a ball, a top, and some blocks

Slide 2: Where can he go?  He wants to know.

         Image:  boy standing; "thought bubble" now filled with various   
                    buildings

Slide 3: You can get a toy from a shop.  It is too far to hop.

         Image: mom standing next to boy, mom's "talking bubble" filled
                   with "from a shop"

Slide 4: He rides a train.  It starts to rain.

         Image: boy and mom riding a train; rain is falling from the sky

Slide 5: The boy gets to the shop.  He buys a new top.

         Image: boy inside shop, reaching for the top

Slide 6: The rain is done – out comes the sun!  He has lots of fun.

         Image: boy is outside and is playing with his top; it is sunny

Title: Just Perfect

Kitty wants to find a perfect home.

 This home is too big.
 This home is too small.
   
 This home is too dark.
 This home is too bright.

 This home is too hot.
 This home is too cold.

This home is purr-fect inside.
   
 

This story is one for parents to read repeatedly, until child catches on firstly through memorization. It's a fun rhyming tongue-twisting story.  It’s an introduction to conservation of hurt, endangered Australian animals, and mentions Australian towns and occupations. Most slides are self-explanatory, being a picture of a person in work clothes rescuing an injured animal, or an animal with a landmark like Ayer’s Rock (Uluru) or a map of the state of the town mentioned in the background. True Blue means fair dinkum dinky di really truly Aussie. They are all Real Aussie town names and real animals and occupations!!!

The True Blue Zoo  by Nicole

Slide1.
A ranger from Lameroo,

Slide 2.
a jillaroo from Millaroo,

Slide 3.
a jackeroo from Yathroo,

Slide 4.
and a tracker, too, from Kakadu

Image: Aboriginal tracker looking at animal track marks and droppings on the ground.

Slide 5.
started an animal rescue zoo.

Image: outside of zoo with entrance and name over the entrance gates.

Slide 6.
They rescued a jabiru  at Dululu,

Slide 7.
a cockatoo at Coolaroo,

Slide 8.
an emu at Coomoo,

Slide 9.
a curlew at Uluru,

Slide 10.
a wallaroo at Orroroo,

Slide 10.
a kangaroo at Kanmantoo,

Slide 11.
a brush cuckoo at Woolloomooloo,

Slide 12.
and are keeping them safe
at the new True Blue Zoo.

Image: All the animals with various body parts bandaged with zookeepers.

Slide 13.
Saving hurt animals is a GREAT thing to do!

Image: Child cuddling injured wallaroo (smaller and less dangerous than a kangaroo!)

In the style of Dr Suess (eg. One Fish, Two Fish).  I can take photos of shoes to go with this story for a download.  Would do well as a board book, with bright coloured glossy pages.

Shoes, shoes, shoes!   By Nicole

Slide 1:     Old shoes.
               New shoes.
               Two shoes.
               Blue shoes.

Image:   4 different illustrations on the one page…old, holey shoes. Brand new shiny shoes.  Two different shoes.  A pair of Blue shoes.

Slide 2:      School shoes.
                Pool shoes.

Image:   1. A few pairs of black lace-ups, Mary-janes, T-Bar school shoes.
2   Thongs (flip-flops) and slip-on shoes suitable for around a swimming pool.

Slide 3:     Wheeled shoes.
               High-heeled shoes.
               Track-and-field shoes.

Image:   1.  rollerblades/skate shoes.  2. stilletoes.  3.  runners/sneakers.

Slide 4:    Cool shoes.
              Fool shoes.

Image:   1. Doc martens etc.  2. Clown shoes.

Slide 5:    High shoes.
              Low shoes.
              Snow shoes.
              No shoes.

Image:  1. High heels and platform shoes.  2.  Low-heeled shoes.  3.  Snow boots.  4. bare feet.

Slide 6:    Soft and fluffy shoes.
              Big and tough-y shoes.

Image:     1.  fluffy pinky slippers.  2.  Men’s workboots.

Slide 7:    Grip shoes.
              Slip and trip shoes.
                 

Image:     1.  Show undersides of football boots with grips on bottom that dig into ground. 2.  Person in high heels fallen over.

Slide 8:      Black shoes.
                Track shoes.
                Wear with slacks shoes.

Image.    1.  Black shoes. 2.  Runners/sneakers.  3.  Men’s dress shoes.

Slide 9:      “Look at me!” shoes.
                 Wrapped-around-up-to-the-knee shoes.

Image.   1.  Amazing 70’s disco shoes.   2.  Shoes like ballet shoes that wrap around the calves backwards and forwards up to the knee.

Slide 10:     Flat shoes.
                 Cat shoes.
                 Rat shoes.
                 Bat shoes.

Image:    1.  Slip-on shoes, no heels. 2, 3, 4.  Fluffy huge animal design slippers, like cat’s face or paws etc.

Slide 11:    Racks and racks and racks of shoes.

Image:   Nice orderly arrangement in vertical rows of shoes, like in a shoe shop or Imelda Marcos’ closet!

Slide 12:     Stacks and stacks and stacks of shoes.

Image:   Haphazard piles of shoes in a cupboard and near the cupboard.

Slide 13:   Oh, so many shoes to choose!!

Image:  Thought bubble of different shoes, worried indecisive expression.

I LOVE your shoe story Nikita  :yes:

Thanks nohayo... this one's for you! It's Dr Suess style again...

Bears, bears, bears!

Slide 1:
Bears in pairs.
Bears in flares.
Bears up stairs.
Bears in their lairs.

Image:4 different images on one page. Bears holding hands, bears wearing flared pants, bears walking up stairs, bears with cubs in cave.

Slide 2:
Pairs of bears in flares up stairs.

Image: 2 pairs of bears wearing flares walking up stairs.

Slide 3:
Care bears.
Share bears.
Rare bears.
Bare bears.

Image: 4 pictures...a Care bear (the brand), a bear sharing a lollipop with another bear, a rare bear like a panda, a naked bear (covering private part with hands, looking embarrassed)

Slide 4:
Sharing, caring, daring bears.

Image: A bear with arm around another bear, while both jump from aeroplane (with parachute attached)

Slide 5:
Bear cubs.
Bear backrubs.
Bears in tubs.
Bears and cubs’ backrubs in tubs.

Image:1. Bear cubs. 2. Bear mums giving cubs backrubs. 3. Bears in bathtub. 4.Mum in tub with cub giving cub backrub, and vice versa.

Slide 6:
Bears with meals.
Bears on wheels.
Bears in heels.
Bears in heels with meals on wheels.

Image: Bears eating at table, plate of food, nice setting. Bears riding unicycle, Penny farthing bike. Bears with lipstick, skirt, handbag and high heels. Same bear riding motor bike (with helmet etc), carrying plate of food in one hand.

Slide 7:
Hairy bears.
Scary bears.
Wary bears.
Fairy bears.

Image: Bears with long curly hair, mohawk etc. 2.  Mean, nasty, gang-looking bears with tattoos and fingerless gloves.  Or in a black karate gi with black belt. 3.  Timid, shy, afraid looking bears looking back over shoulder, worrried it's being followed. 4.  bear in pretty tutu fairy outfit with fairy wings.

Slide 8:
Scary hairy fairy bears.

Image:A combination look...


Slide 9:
Feeding bears.
Reading bears.
Speeding bears.
Speeding, reading, feeding bears.

Image: 1. Bear eating pie, drinking milkshake. 2 bear reading book. 3 Bear riding a sports motorbike very fast, chased by policeman on bike. 4. 2 bears in convertible sports car, one reading paper (getting in face of driver), driver eating burger, going fast.


Slide 10:
Fair bears.
Stare bears.
Glare bears.
Scare bears.

Image: 1. Polar bears. 2. bears with big staring-like-owl eyes. 3. bear with frown, glaring angry look. 4 Bears jumping out from behind trees (saying boo!)


Slide 11:
Glaring, staring, scaring bears.

Image: an glaring bear trying to scare someone.

Slide 12:
Stealing bears.
Feeling bears.
Kneeling bears.
Hanging-from-the-ceiling bears.

Image: 1Bears stealing from a house, tiptoeing out from a window in the dark carrying a bag over shoulder (wearing black/white striped jail clothes) 2. bears in love, kissing, surrounded by love hearts. 3.  kneeling, praying hands bear. 4. a bear mobile over a cot.

Slide 13:
Stealing, feeling, kneeling bears.

Image:Naughty stealing bears, on their knees crying about their naughty deeds.

Slide 14:
The world is full of MANY bears!

Image: A page full of different bears. (different clothing, different colours, sizes)

The Tale of the Snail and the Whale. by Nicole

Slide1:
May I regale you with a tale
Of a wee little snail and a great big whale?

Image1:Snail playing in sperm whale's spout water. Both smiling.

Slide 2 and 3
On the tail of the whale,
The snail set sail,
On a quest-that’s a search-
For the Golden Quail.

Image 2: Snail on tail of whale. Image3: Picture of Golden quail, big question mark, treasure map behind.

Slide 4, 5, 6, 7:
From Granada to Canada,
Ireland to Iceland,
England to Finland,
And to far away New Zealand.

Image 4:Map of line showing distance between Granada and Canada. Image 5: Same for Ireland to Iceland
Image 6:Same for England to Finland.  Image 7: Finland to New Zealand. (Show features of the countries, a 3D map)

Slide 8:
They traveled far and wide,
With a big star as their guide.
They traveled wide and far
Following that shining star.

Image 8:Whale with fin(flipper) up sheilding eyes looking into distance, with big star lighting the way.

Slide 9 and 10:
Their search ended up in vain,
For when they got to Spain,
They were drenched with flooding rain.
So they headed right back home again.

Image 9 and 10: Images of bullfighters and flamenco dancers, map of spain. Whale and snail near shore with heavy rain, choppy sea.

Slide11 and 12:
They thought bad weather had doomed them to fail,
Those icy cold winds that were blowing a gale,
And the water funnel tornado hot on their trail-
Hence Whale returned home with Snail on her tail.

Image 11: hurricane force winds blowing past glaciers. Image 12:A water spout tornado following them out to sea, them looking scared looking back over their shoulders trying to get away from it.

Slide 13:
But as there’s no such thing as a Golden Quail-
Right from the start they were destined to fail!
There was no point blaming high winds and rain,
The quest for the Quail was always in vain.

Image 13:Whale and snail happily at home with family, where they should have stayed all along!!

Mummy and bubby out walking one day.  by Nicole

Slide 1:
Mummy and bubby out walking one day.

Image 1 (mum pushing pram)

Slide 2:
Mum stepped in doggy doo doo.

“Oh yucky!
My shoes all mucky!”

Mum was rather sad.

Image 2: Mum looking at shoe, covered in poo, poo on ground. Not happy expression.

Slide 3:
But they continued on their way.

Walking along, singing a song,

Image 3: pushing pram, singing...

Slide 4:
She stepped in pussy poo poo.

“Ooey, gooey!
It smells pooey!”

Mum was getting mad.

Image 4: Mad expression, shoe off, looking at it.

Slide 5:
But continued on with the journey.

Image 5: Walking along, chatting to bub.

Slide 6:
Soon a bird in the air
Dropped a bomb in her hair.

Image 6:Seagull overhead doing a dropping.

Slide 7:
“Ishy, squishy!
Slimy, grimy!”
Image 7:

Slide 8:
“Little bub,” said she,
“When you have to pee,
Or need to do a poo poo,
Image 8:Squatting down talking to bub in pram, wagging pointer finger at bub.

Slide 9:
Animals go anywhere,
But we humans use a loo loo.”

Image 9: A human on a toilet, toddler next to toilet on a potty.

Slide 10:
And with that, they returned home.

Image 10: walking down front path towards front door. 

THAT BANANA THERE!
Slide #1:
I like eating bananas!

Image and sound: Picture of a happy child surrounded by a lot of bananas, one banana in his hand, rubbing his tummy, with a 'mmmm' sound.

Slide#2:
First mommy goes to buy the banana for me.

Image: Mommy shopping for bananas.

Slide#3: Then I pop the banana into my mouth.

Image and sound: Picture a child popping a banana into his mouth, with a 'gulp' sound.

Slide#4: And suddenly that banana is gone!

Image and sound: Picture of a surprised child with an empty hand, accompanied by a 'gone' sound.

Slide #5: I started to think of all the hard work that goes into bringing that banana to me:

Image: Picture of a child thinking, surrounded by a few 'thinking' bubbles picturing the growth of a banana from a seed to a tree bearing fruit.

Slide#6: All of the clearing

Image and sound: Picture of the field being cleared with the appropriate sound (if possible).

Slide#7: All of the plowing

Image and sound: Picture of the field being plowed with the appropriate sound.

Slide#8: All of the planting

Image and sound: Picture planting the banana seeds (show one big seed in the corner of a slide) with the appropriate sound.

Slide#9: All of the watering

Image and sound: Picture the little plants growing and the field being watered with the appropriate sound.

Slide#10: All of the fertilizing

Image and sound: Picture bigger banana plants and the field being fertilized, with the appropriate sound.

Slide#11: All of the harvesting

Image and sound: Picture the grown trees and the bananas being harvested, with the appropriate sound.

Slide#12: All of the transporting

Image and sound: Picture different kinds of transport from a truck to a boat... with the appropriate sounds.

Slide#13: All of the marketing

Image: Picture different kinds of shops displaying the bananas.

Slide#14: I'm very thankful for all of the hard work, time and care that went into the making of that banana there!

Image: Picture a child waving, standing next to a crate of bananas with a speech bubble saying 'Thank you!' You can have a picture of a monkey eating banana too, just for fun..

Hmmm Banana's

More pics for this story... could turn it into a download.

She is too cute! And I loved this one and the shoes one!

I agree - Nikita, great stories!!  The shoes and the bears - how fabulous are they!! Wow.

Thanks, but the last one I'm not happy with, I just rushed writing it to get it in before the deadline. Or are they extending it again... I have more stories in mind, not enough time to get them written.  How do working mothers do it?? Just trying to get a spare moment to writie a story was a nightmare.

I hear you Nikita - I had lots of ideas too- just no time.  Sometimes I get really frustrated b/c I know there is no possible way to get all of the things done that I hope to accomplish with and for my kiddos while they are still young.  We'll just have to keep doing the best we can, I guess!

 :laugh:
My Story is in Spanish.
Is a about a Duckie that feels frustated about learning to swim, but with the help of his mom, he do it and feels brave.

When will you announce the winner?

We're currently in the process of deliberation - we were able to receive a lot of entries and it takes a while to read through and judge them all!  :happy:

We'll be announcing the winner soon so please stay tuned...

Even though I didn't participate in this contest, I'm soooo excited to know the winner !  :biggrin: All the stories were just great and I bet it'll be so hard picking only 1 winner  :confused:

I agree!  I can't wait to see the winner's story done by a professional!!!

MY father's a professional artist... he does the best kids picture book style illustrations I've ever seen!

well you two should team up then!