Episode 306

Kino is having trouble starting a story for school, so Lucy suggests that he investigate how authors come up with their stories. Patricia Polacco explains that she gets her story ideas from experiences she had as a girl or stories told to her by her grandmother, and then she reads a book she wrote that takes place in Russia.

Kino investigates at the library, where he meets James Avery, who reads a story about a pet dog.

Back at the Storyplace, Kino finds author/illustrator Peter Catalanotto, who reads a story he wrote about his family, told through his daughter's eyes. Now Kino thinks it will be easier to write his story--he will think about things that really happened to him, and he will use his imagination, too!

Books Read

 * Babushka Baba Yaga
 * The Old Dog
 * The Painter

Story Picks

 * A Story, A Story
 * Booby Hatch