Tell your own amazing monster and alien stories with this wonderful sticker and writing book. Use the stickers to decide what will happen and how your terrifying tales will end! Also features two completed stories to add fun stickers to.
Published 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP www.bloomsbury.com 9781408845424 Insides produced by Frilly Fish Books Text copyright © 2013 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Illustrations copyright © 2013 Ed Myer All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. Printed in China by Leo Paper Products This book is produced using paper that is made from wood grown in managed, sustainable forests.It is natural, renewable and recyclable. The logging and manufacturing processes conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Write Your Own Stories There are eight story pages in this book. Each story page has lines and boxes. The lines on the page are for you to write and the boxes are for stickers.
On a distant planet
1. Choose your story page.
2. Select four different stickers from the sticker sheets and add one to each box. They can be in any order you like. 3. Write your story!
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Finish the Stories There are also two stories in this book that have already been written. You will find these in the middle of the book. Each story has some missing words where you can put a sticker to help complete the tale. Select the correct sticker using the image as a guide. Then read the finished story! These stories may help you when you write your own. THE LONELY ROBOT
a
. ‘What’s wrong?’
it asked in its metallic voice.
. to the
People had brought the
‘My
a long
was a very useful
. But one day it broke. And
when the people got into their they didn’t take the broken sat on the
So the
‘I’m a
to go home, with them.
It looked up and saw a
looked at its
-Fixing
in the sky. The
. ‘My job
,’ said the
. ?’
.
‘Yes!’ said the
‘And will you travel with me in case I crash again?’
fell to the ground with a whoosh and a crash. Its door opened, and out came a slimy green
,’ said the
‘If I repair you, will you mend my
heard a rumble, and a screech.
s!’
s. But I broke and nobody fixed me.’
‘I’m a
all alone for a long
. ‘I can’t fix
-Fixing
is fixing
time, with nothing to do. One day, the
is broken, so I will be stuck on this
forever,’ said the
time ago, when it was bright and shiny and new. It
The
was sorry for the
The , there was
Out in space, on a tiny distant
.
and began to cry
with all its three eyes. ‘Oh no!’ it sobbed.
‘Yes please!’ said the So the
fixed the
fixed the
. , and then the
, and they flew off into space.
Descriptive Words On page 24 of this book you will find some words. They are called descriptive words and they help you to describe how things look or feel or sound. You can use as many as you like. They will make your stories more interesting.
Happy story writing!
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