A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. His sister patiently explains, "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter. Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers...

What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?

"Leo receives a pen for his birthday, and he asks the other animals for help discovering all the wonders inside the tiny tool"--

Cuando el hermano mayor de Juan, Diego, tiene la tarea de escribir una historia para la escuela, Juan decide que lo ilustran. When Juan's big brother, Diego, gets the assignment to write a story for school, Juan decides he will illustrate it.

Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.

A child struggles to write a story until he finds inspiration outside his window.