The program provides a framework and illustrations that encourage students to be creative. Included are several story starters that ask students who will be in the story, where will the story take place, when will it happen, what will happen first in the story and how will the story end. These questions serve as a framework for the stories. The user is given a selection of characters, objects, and colors in order to illustrate stories.
Students manipulate sizes and placement of words and graphics.
The Teacher s Guide gives Classroom Ideas for using the program in relation to Fairy and Folk Tales from various cultures and countries. Reading and discussing these multicultural stories encourages the students to write stories about diverse cultures. ESL students will benefit from hearing the computer read selected parts or the entire story aloud. In addition, stories can be read in English or Spanish. Reproduction by any means without written permission is prohibited.