I broke my trunk! —Willems, Mo, author.

Gerald the elephant tells his best friend Piggie a long, crazy story about how he broke his trunk.

The book thief —Zusak, Markus, author.

Bear has a story to tell —Stead, Philip Christian.

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.

Drawn together —Lê, Minh, 1979- author.

A boy and his grandfather cross a language and cultural barrier using their shared love of art, storytelling, and fantasy.

Life of Pi : a novel —Martel, Yann, author.

The Fifth Avenue Story Society : a novel —Hauck, Rachel, 1960- author.

"An invitation to join The Fifth Avenue Story Society gives five New York strangers a chance to rewrite their own stories. Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to ke...

The panda problem —Underwood, Deborah, author.

A narrator's story is disrupted by the main character (Panda) who refuses to play the part.

The too-scary story —Murguia, Bethanie Deeney, author, illustrator.

At bedtime, their father tells Grace and Walter a scary story about two children in a dark forest.

The clothesline swing —Ramadan, Ahmad Danny, author.

"The clothesline swing is a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Syrian refugee himself, Ramadan unveils an enthralling tale of courage that weaves through the mountains of Syria, the va...

A spool of blue thread : a novel —Tyler, Anne.

"It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon." This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she fell in love with Red that day in July 1959. The whole family--their two daughters and two sons,...

How the king of Elfhame learned to hate stories —Black, Holly, author.

Cardan Greenbriar, High King of Elfhame, visits the mortal world to face the troll woman, Aslog of the West.

Interrupting chicken —Stein, David Ezra, author.

Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale.

No boring stories! —Falatko, Julie, author.

Bored with sweet, boring picture books about cute and fluffy creatures, a group of unpopular animals tries to write an adventure story featuring themselves, with unwanted help from over-eager Bunny.

Life of Pi —Martel, Yann.

It's a tiger! —LaRochelle, David.

A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn.

Interrupting chicken and the elephant of surprise —Stein, David Ezra, author, illustrator.

When Little Red Chicken comes home excited about what she learned in school, she explains to Papa that every story has "an elephant of surprise."

The book thief —Zusak, Markus.

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel -- a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as w...

Idea Jar —Lehrhaupt, Adam, author.

What happens when the story ideas--from a bored Viking to a space robot--kept in a teacher's special jar escape and get rowdy?

Toys in space —Grey, Mini

A group of toys, left out at night for the first time, begins to be afraid but the WonderDoll distracts them by weaving a story of lost toys, space travel, and a strange alien.

Any questions? —Gay, Marie-Louise, author, illustrator.

Many children want to know where stories come from and how a book is made. Marie-Louise Gay's new picture book provides them with some delightfully inspiring answers in a fictional encounter between an author and some ve...