My Book, My Stories:
Coloring & activity book for children
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Charlotte's picture and story
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I gave this book to a friend's five years old daughter, Charlotte, yesterday. I was very curious to find out what the little girl thinks about this coloring-activity book combination. Her mother sent me an email this morning and attached the picture that Charlotte colored and the story she came up with and told her mom. It made me very happy to see that the little girl got so involved and I was amazed when I read the very inventive and heartwarming story that she made up by looking at the picture.
~Erika M Szabo |
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"Dear Erika,
Thank you for publishing this book, it was an excellent idea. Charlotte spent two hours yesterday with coloring and imagining what the pictures are about. She didn't like the zebra with rainbow colors, so she drew a rainbow in the sky and colored the zebra with black stripes.
The picture I attached made me so proud that I thought I'll send it to you and tell you the story she made up.
She stared at this pictures for a few minutes with a sad expression on her face and then she asked me if every wolf really must eat the little pigs. I told her that it's her storybook, so the wolf has to eat what she tells him to eat. She thought about it for a minute and she told me with a huge smile that this wolf will be a vegan, just like us. She started coloring and she kept talking.
In a deep voice she said, "I'm hungry but I'm not the big bad wolf."
Then pretending to be a little pig she cried, "But you're a wolf and you eat little pigs."
In a deeper voice she continued, "Ew, I don't eat meat and I don't eat cute piggies and bunnies."
She changed to a chirping voice, "Then what do you eat?
She's the wolf again, "I eat carrots, and apples, and watermelons, and blueberries, and peanuts, and beans, and... I don't like Brussels sprouts. Little pig you have a nice red apple. Can I eat it?"
She laughed and shouted, "Run little pigs, run! The wolf wants to eat your carrots and apples."
I told her that it would be nice if the little pigs shared their fruits and vegetable with the hungry wolf. Charlotte nodded happily and she said, "Yes. The little pigs are nice and they share their carrots and apples with the wolf. And then they will play hide and seek until bedtime."
We had a great time with your book and I'll let you know what she comes up with when she colors the rest of the pictures. Right now she's busy with the game she got from grandma :)
Love, Cathy"
Thank you for publishing this book, it was an excellent idea. Charlotte spent two hours yesterday with coloring and imagining what the pictures are about. She didn't like the zebra with rainbow colors, so she drew a rainbow in the sky and colored the zebra with black stripes.
The picture I attached made me so proud that I thought I'll send it to you and tell you the story she made up.
She stared at this pictures for a few minutes with a sad expression on her face and then she asked me if every wolf really must eat the little pigs. I told her that it's her storybook, so the wolf has to eat what she tells him to eat. She thought about it for a minute and she told me with a huge smile that this wolf will be a vegan, just like us. She started coloring and she kept talking.
In a deep voice she said, "I'm hungry but I'm not the big bad wolf."
Then pretending to be a little pig she cried, "But you're a wolf and you eat little pigs."
In a deeper voice she continued, "Ew, I don't eat meat and I don't eat cute piggies and bunnies."
She changed to a chirping voice, "Then what do you eat?
She's the wolf again, "I eat carrots, and apples, and watermelons, and blueberries, and peanuts, and beans, and... I don't like Brussels sprouts. Little pig you have a nice red apple. Can I eat it?"
She laughed and shouted, "Run little pigs, run! The wolf wants to eat your carrots and apples."
I told her that it would be nice if the little pigs shared their fruits and vegetable with the hungry wolf. Charlotte nodded happily and she said, "Yes. The little pigs are nice and they share their carrots and apples with the wolf. And then they will play hide and seek until bedtime."
We had a great time with your book and I'll let you know what she comes up with when she colors the rest of the pictures. Right now she's busy with the game she got from grandma :)
Love, Cathy"
Pages from the book
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