Comic stripsAges 6–8
Three-Panel Comic
Beginning, middle and end in three comic panels, with a sentence starter under each one.
Crusty Goobers are the odd little characters from Kevin Coulston’s drawing books: lumpy, bumpy and full of personality. Draw a Goober first, then pick a starter and tell its story.
Stuck in the middle? Add one of these:
Print the starter cards (PDF)Two pages: 12 cut-apart cards and a three-panel comic with the first starter already filled in.
A Crusty Goober wakes up and finds it has grown a third eye overnight.
Suddenly, all the Goobers start to float.
How does it end? You decide!
Draw in the boxes with a finger, a stylus or a mouse, or print the comic and draw on paper. The speech bubble and sound effect are just ideas: use them, change them or make up your own.
Comic stripsAges 6–8
Beginning, middle and end in three comic panels, with a sentence starter under each one.
Make a bookAll ages
One sheet of paper becomes an 8-page book: a cover, six story pages and an “about the author” page on the back.
Comic stripsAges 4–6
Two friends meet in a two-box comic. Fill their speech bubbles, then draw what happens next.
Story startersAges 4–6
The first story page: a big box for a drawing and writing lines for one sentence about it.
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