What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition cover page showing a boy and his dog looking down at a stick in a grassy field. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition instruction page showing the "Are you ready for a Storybook Walk?" sign with the boy and his dog, and instructions. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a boy and his dog peering at a stick in a grassy field, with Activity Prompt 1. Works well in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a boy using his stick as a sword and as a bow on a rocking horse, with Activity Prompt 2. Fits in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a paper boat ship anchored with a stick and the dog swimming, with Activity Prompt 3. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a stick pulley lifting a treasure chest and a charging rhino, with Activity Prompt 4. Works well in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing the boy and his dog rowing a tub among ducks on a pond, with Activity Prompt 8. Fits in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing circles of all the ways a stick was used in the story, with Activity Prompt 16. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition cover page showing a boy and his dog looking down at a stick in a grassy field. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition instruction page showing the "Are you ready for a Storybook Walk?" sign with the boy and his dog, and instructions. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a boy and his dog peering at a stick in a grassy field, with Activity Prompt 1. Works well in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a boy using his stick as a sword and as a bow on a rocking horse, with Activity Prompt 2. Fits in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a paper boat ship anchored with a stick and the dog swimming, with Activity Prompt 3. Great for Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing a stick pulley lifting a treasure chest and a charging rhino, with Activity Prompt 4. Works well in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing the boy and his dog rowing a tub among ducks on a pond, with Activity Prompt 8. Fits in Storywalks.
What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition example page showing circles of all the ways a stick was used in the story, with Activity Prompt 16. Great for Storywalks.

What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition

from $174.00

Grab a Stick!

A boy and his dog find a stick in the grass, and it turns out to be the most remarkable toy of all. In one moment it’s a sword to chase away the monster in the closet. In the next it’s a fishing pole. Each page turns the same simple stick into something new.

Jane Yolen’s bouncy, rhyming verse begs to be read aloud, and Paolo Domeniconi’s richly detailed, playful illustrations fill every spread with adventure. This Storybook Walk Edition turns the story into a hands-on adventure. Before the walk begins, each child finds a stick on the ground, and every spread features an activity prompt that puts that stick to work. Walkers row a boat, cast a fishing line, balance like a seal, cast a spell, and form a band with their trail buddies. At the end of the walk, children leave their sticks behind for the next walker.

Contains 18 spreads (fits in 18 frames). This includes an instruction page. 15 Page Option: As every page is a new idea with a stick, if you only have 15 frames you can pick which pages from the 18 you would like to use.

Sizes: 11 × 17 and 18 × 24 inch

Material: Laminated or printed on Coroplast (Metal H-frame stakes sold separately).

Original Title: What to Do With a Stick - ISBN 978-1568463650

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Author: Jane Yolen, Illustrator: Paolo Domeniconi

Publisher: Used with permission from The Creative Company

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Grab a Stick!

A boy and his dog find a stick in the grass, and it turns out to be the most remarkable toy of all. In one moment it’s a sword to chase away the monster in the closet. In the next it’s a fishing pole. Each page turns the same simple stick into something new.

Jane Yolen’s bouncy, rhyming verse begs to be read aloud, and Paolo Domeniconi’s richly detailed, playful illustrations fill every spread with adventure. This Storybook Walk Edition turns the story into a hands-on adventure. Before the walk begins, each child finds a stick on the ground, and every spread features an activity prompt that puts that stick to work. Walkers row a boat, cast a fishing line, balance like a seal, cast a spell, and form a band with their trail buddies. At the end of the walk, children leave their sticks behind for the next walker.

Contains 18 spreads (fits in 18 frames). This includes an instruction page. 15 Page Option: As every page is a new idea with a stick, if you only have 15 frames you can pick which pages from the 18 you would like to use.

Sizes: 11 × 17 and 18 × 24 inch

Material: Laminated or printed on Coroplast (Metal H-frame stakes sold separately).

Original Title: What to Do With a Stick - ISBN 978-1568463650

Click here to buy the hardcover and ebook editions on Amazon!

Author: Jane Yolen, Illustrator: Paolo Domeniconi

Publisher: Used with permission from The Creative Company

Metal Stakes for Coroplast Signs (pack of 20)
Metal Stakes for Coroplast Signs (pack of 20)
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What to Do With a Stick: Storybook Walk Edition. 3 examples of pages showing boy using a stick to fight a dragon, shoot bow and arrows, as an oar on a boat on a lake, and 16 circles with other uses.

Imaginative Activity Prompts
What to Do With a Stick’s activity prompts invite children to use their own stick on every page, pretending, moving, and playing their way through the story just like the boy in the book.

About the Author
Jane Yolen is an award-winning author, poet, and teacher. She has written more than 365 books, including What to Do with a Box, illustrated by Chris Sheban, and the Caldecott Medal-winning Owl Moon, illustrated by John Schoenherr. The Educational Book & Media Association honored her significant contributions with its 2018 Jeremiah Ludington Award.

About the Illustrator
Paolo Domeniconi is an illustrator who has been active since the early 1990s. He began his career in advertising before moving into children’s publishing, where he has worked with prestigious Italian and international publishers including Mondadori, The Creative Company, Grimm Press, and Benchmark Education. His illustrations have been published in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan. To date, he has illustrated around 60 picture books, as well as educational editions and numerous covers for young adult fiction.

Reviews

“Stick with this story, it’s a winner.” -Kirkus Reviews

“Yolen’s rhyming meter is flawless and begs for the story to be read aloud, which is the best way to share a book with a child.” -New York Journal of Books

Topic: Imagination, Creativity, Outdoor Play
Genre: Children’s Fiction
Ages: 3-8