Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories which he places on the shelves with the other library books but when children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.

Ready to build a poem? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing rhythms and rhymes like a pro!

Fanny decides to make her very own picture book, starring her homemade doll, Annabelle.

Henrietta the chicken loves to read so much that she decides to write a book herself, but first no one will publish a book written by a chicken, and then, when she publishes it herself, it gets a terrible review in "The Corn Book."

Ready to build a picture book? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be writing and showing stories like a pro!

"How do you make a picture book? Well, you need an author, an illustrator, and... a dog?! Acclaimed author Chris Barton and his trusty pooch Ernie show readers how to make a nonfiction picture book . . . about Ernie! From coming up with ideas, researching, and writing a first draft to finding the perfect illustrator, deciding what goes on the cover, and getting every last wrod -- er, word just right, you'll see how a book is made from beginning to...

The author describes in whimsical detail how his ideas became published as a book.

In search of writing ideas, an author takes a walk with his dog around the neighborhood.

An unlikely collaboration ensues when the contrasting storytelling approaches of fastidious Mouse and free-spirited Frog collide.