Special thanks to Tara Lazar for hosting the fourth annual Picture Book Idea Month. My third venture with this global creativity party left me feeling less than “imaginative,” as you can see from my idea list below. This could be my gut saying, “it’s time. Revise and send out your existing stories, before you go mustering up more ideas.”
However, the true joy was seeing my talented ninth grade students generate ideas each and every day. I’m proud of their “imaginator” skills and look forward to guiding them as they turn one of their ideas into a genuine picture book manuscript. I just need to remember to add one student to my roster: ME!
Happy writing everyone. For those with a picture idea or three, I urge you to consider Picture Book Marathon in February.
This year’s ideas, well the titles at least:
- Busy Baby
- Thomas LeClair the Strange Little Bear
- Journey of the Droplets
- The Unlucky Cannon
- Frank and Steve’s Monster
- The Greedy Gyoza
- Septopus
- Mirror Jumper
- Outside the Box
- Down the Mountain
- The Giant Eraser
- Super Slice
- The Chip Monk
- The Wampire
- The Ark
- Sensory Field Trip
- Pet Buffet
- For Giants Only
- Owl Cafe
- The Late Bird
- Birthday Doors
- My Pony is Bigger Than Yours
- Girl VS. Cap
- Cop Kid
- Santa’s Apprentice
- The Haunted Boy
- Uninsultable Kid
- The Vegetable Jar
- Cinderello
- Aldo the Alligator Finds a Job
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