Once Upon a Time
Writing Your Own Fairy Tale

Writers need the right tools in order to build a story. In this book, Nancy Loewen explores which tools are used in writing fairy tales. She builds a list of thirteen different tools or characteristics found in common with most fairy tales. These tools include: settings, characters, plot, dialogue,......more

A picture book guide to writing a fairy tale story teaching parts of a story with examples from Little Red Riding Hood. This is a good intro to parts of a story in general, but I found it lacked something in writing fairy tales specifically. If you followed the formula here, you'd really just get a f......more

Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Own Fairy Tale by Nancy Loewen and illustrated by Christopher Lyles provides thirteen guidelines for students to compose their own fairy tales. It uses "Little Red Riding Hood" as the mentor text alongside the literary tools: settings, characters, plot, dialogue, warni......more

Genre Traditional Literature (Fairy Tale) Awards No awards were given to this book Audience Written for Pre-K-2nd 1. How are the main characters described? The main character in this book is Little Red Riding Hood and she is decided as just a little girl who wants to make her grandma feel better. She r......more

This is a wonderful book! As I read through this book, I loved how the author incorporated tips and tools for the reader throughout the story. I also loved how the book had a glossary and an index. This book would be a great tool in a classroom when presenting texts to students, along with teaching......more