My life as a Youtuber
Janet Tashjian
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The story follows Derek’s enthusiasm for making videos with friends alongside his effort to find a reason for Frank to remain with his family a little longer.
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Janet Tashjian
The story follows Derek’s enthusiasm for making videos with friends alongside his effort to find a reason for Frank to remain with his family a little longer.
Robert Blofield
Readers are introduced to story and script development, storyboarding, filming techniques and editing, with advice for using a camera or mobile phone.
Expect practical making rather than a continuous story: guided builds lead into challenges where a photo is the only instruction. Finished models are also prompts for imaginative play.
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant
This is a hands-on book for trying comedy activities together, rather than a story to follow. Its range of formats offers groups different ways to experiment with making comedy.
Jake Wizner
This is a comic, theatrical premise about two contrasting approaches to dating and a musical that challenges men’s behaviour. Its story-within-a-story setup may interest readers who enjoy performance and creative projects.
Andrew Clements
A map-loving pupil faces a mystery after secret maps about school life disappear and threatening notes arrive. The investigation offers puzzles, inventive interests and school relationships, while privacy and the effects of representing other people deserve attention.
This offers a participatory version of a familiar pig story: readers help determine what happens, then add their own drawings. Its main appeal is choice-led storytelling rather than a fixed narrative.
Sara Stanford
A hands-on, project-led book for making toys from reused household materials. Its clear lists, instructions, cut-outs and optional variations support choosing, adapting and completing makes together.
Andy Griffiths
This is a fast-moving, highly visual comic novel about two boys inventing, writing and being repeatedly distracted in their extraordinary treehouse. Its humour comes from absurd machines, fantastical creatures, cartoon drawings and playful attention to making a book.
Christopher L. Harbo
This is a practical starting point for turning a familiar fairy tale into a small puppet production, with making, scripting and performing brought together in one activity.
Stephanie Kate Strohm
A school-set story about Angelica pursuing a reporting opportunity while several major student events collide. It offers a lively premise involving journalism, school traditions, competition and the pressure to make one’s work count.
Holly Hobbie
A gentle-looking story about Fanny turning her own creation into a picture-book character, with storytelling and a birthday gift linking her imaginative work to someone she loves.
Ellen Schreiber
A coming-of-confidence story about a shy student discovering that comedy can give her a public voice, while success and romance pull her towards competing priorities.