Adventures with Zap introduces the magic of storytelling through playful writing practice. Children build skills and confidence while creating a precious keepsake! Writing coach Diane Landy brings years of elementary and preschool classroom experience to this one-of-a-kind book, in which each writing and drawing prompt is carefully crafted around a comic story. Kids will:
- create characters, settings, and action scenes
- bring pictures to life with words
- brainstorm when stuck
- write thoughts and dialogue
- use “power words”
- express feelings and wishes.
Calling all Earth kids! Meet Zap, a spunky blue alien from the planet Vox Nova. When a stowaway from Earth sneaks onto his spaceship, he makes lots of mistakes. Is the furry creature friendly? Or dangerous? Zots! Quick, grab a pencil to teach Zap about our world. Share memories, too, and make up adventures of your own.
Can’t write yet? Zip–zapper–zot! Find a helper who can be your reading, writing robot!
Learning to write? Ka-zooks! No need to worry about spelling to be an author of this book!
Already a word wizard? You’re on top of your game. Play with fun ways to edit and shoot for the stars!
Diane Landy has been playing with words since 1998, when the lyrical language and playful plots of picture books captured her heart. For 15 years she has volunteered for writing projects in elementary and preschool classrooms, including 8-week assignments for the Santa Cruz County Office of Education Young Writer's Program. Diane lives in Santa Cruz with her husband, two empty nests for daughters away in
college, a collection of playful stories ripe to become picture books, and a mischievous elf named Webby.
Allison Hershey is a professional artist and illustrator with over forty years of experience. Her art has appeared in science fiction magazines, anthologies, computer software packaging, and adventure games. As art director at the Dreamers Guild she was responsible for visual design, and supervised over twenty artists creating backgrounds and animation for several computer games, including Inherit the Earth and Faery Tale Adventure: Halls of the Dead.