Books with title What was that!

This fresh, visually sophisticated follow-up to Who Done It? and Who What Where? tackles the topic of memory, as each page asks the reader to remember a detail about the characters featured on the page before. With die-cuts, clever folds, and imaginative illustrations, this book requires the sharpest readers' keen attention! The call to action on every page makes this a wonderful lap read or read-aloud, and kids of all ages will love the memory games.

Go with the flow of your child's imagination. Adventure past picture books exclusively and peek into the world of audio visualization. Turn out the lights, break out the flashlights, and this story provides imagery for expanding perspective. Additionally, this story may introduce a variety of sounds to your child's repertoire. It's just for fun. The dark may not seem too scary anymore.If you like this one, other stories like 'Foggy Daze', 'Cross Your Fingers', 'Everyone has a Name', 'Gingersnap Dragons', or 'Sick Again' you will find great for family laughs.Alternatively, I have several fully illustrated stories, like 'Monsters I Know', 'Kids I Know, 'Hector the Collector', or 'Marmalade Jam and Chocolate Eclairs', 'Pressed It To Test It, 'Over The Fence', and others.My stories are designed for both the reader and the listener.Children will request parents to re-read, over and over again, a story that has caught their imagination.If not in rhyme, these stories will quickly become dull and a burden to read.When written in free verse, a story is both a delight to read and to hear.The reader feels accomplished when reading my stories and, in the act of story telling, begins exaggerating tone, inflection, and mood.When constructed in free verse rhyme, while reading along, children quickly begin to retain portions of each story.Once the child begins reading independently, these stories act as memory assisting templates to guide the beginning reader through their first reading selections. The reading successes of a child will fuel additional comprehension activities and help to jump start reading skills that greatly motivate the young reader.For the adult reader these stories are always a treat.I understand the necessity to include a readers interests and needs as part of the story telling activities.The length of these stories is designed to be between 10 to 15 minutes, to act as a short break or bedtime activity. Unlike Dr. Suess, I have avoided making up new nouns and adjectives for purposes of rhyme,other than some tintinnabulation (words designed to give greater description of sounds), finding that teachers do not appreciate this activity.My stories constitute several conceptual elements to motivate reading and precipitate a positive child's reading development.For all teachers and Friends, I applaud your support in exposing free rhyme reading to young children. Your efforts to improve early perceptions of reading will provide children with a foundation for continued learning comprehension and development.

This fresh, visually sophisticated follow-up to Who Done It? and Who What Where? tackles the topic of memory, as each page asks the reader to remember a detail about the characters featured on the page before. With imaginative illustrations, this book requires the sharpest readers' keen attention! The call to action on every page makes this a wonderful lap read or read-aloud, and kids of all ages will love the memory games.

'I was at boarding school in East Anglia, my third. I didn’t want to be there. But if there had been no school, there would be no Finn. He lived in a hut on the coast. He was like the hut, in fact – it took a while for both of them to warm up. But that is all I longed for. Finn, warming to me. A nod. Half a smile. Asking me to help on the boat. Not asking me to leave. I didn’t want it to end. Now I am waiting for the end, and looking back to the beginning.'Haunting, intense and with a surprising twist in the tale – What I Was is unlike anything you will have read before . . .

Three ocean friends are presented with a puzzle one day. The Crab keeps insisting that there is only one answer to the problem, no matter what new observations are revealed. He is one-tracked-minded and is ruled by fear. On the other hand, the Starfish cannot seem to commit and keeps changing her opinion each time a new element is presented. She is too quick to judge. The Little Fish reserves her view till the conclusion, after evaluating all of the clues and considering her friends' conjectures, as well. She is open-minded and weighs all her options before making a decision. Find the five clues hidden in shadow to help the three friends solve the puzzle. A fun, interactive way to introduce problem solving approaches, as well as showing young readers how they could tackle all situations in life. With the colorful charm created by the painting and crayon rendering skills of a 4-year-old, it is visually approachable to young readers.