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becastro's review against another edition
5.0
"But that ukulele-playing octopus with intergalactic dreams can't just GET a shining purple spaceship, from say, the drugstore."
beths0103's review against another edition
4.0
The idea that all stories begin with "A little bit of nothing" is a wonderful, unintimidating way to introduce story writing to students. As it is, I will be reading this book to my 8th graders to kick off NaNoWriMo.
hugbandit7's review against another edition
5.0
I picked up this book for my great-niece to build up her library, but I was not expecting a great story about how anyone can write a story and that no idea is too silly. In fact, this book would actually help an aspiring young author by showing the steps they need to go through to actually write the story.
I do love how the book starts: "Every story starts the same way...with nothing." It s true, every story that any author has written started with nothing to very little other than a dream to write that story.
I do love how the book starts: "Every story starts the same way...with nothing." It s true, every story that any author has written started with nothing to very little other than a dream to write that story.
curiosityp's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
creepepaper's review against another edition
5.0
Great book for children (and adults) to get those creative ideas moving.
oliviak07's review against another edition
4.0
After my parent's and I watched a PBS Nature special called "Octopus: Making Contact" I had to see what my library had in terms of picture books on our 'alien friend' the octopus: and that's when Maggie Tokuda-Hall's "Also an Octopus" popped up!
Fun, adorable, original and motivating even for the 26 year-old woman, the book is the perfect bedtime, breakfast time, car-pool-lane-time, tuning-your-ukulele-time tale! There is nothing to despise about the book, and the readers of all ages can reap the rewards of it's central message: a blank page is nothing but potential!
Walk, run, glide, swim, or bob to your local library and pick up a copy of this book. And while you are at it make a stack of waffles (the breakfast of rocket scientists, everywhere)!
Fun, adorable, original and motivating even for the 26 year-old woman, the book is the perfect bedtime, breakfast time, car-pool-lane-time, tuning-your-ukulele-time tale! There is nothing to despise about the book, and the readers of all ages can reap the rewards of it's central message: a blank page is nothing but potential!
Walk, run, glide, swim, or bob to your local library and pick up a copy of this book. And while you are at it make a stack of waffles (the breakfast of rocket scientists, everywhere)!
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
I really like this because it asks "what if...."
An important thing to think about when writing!
An important thing to think about when writing!