Success with Storybird

In class tonight, my colleagues and I worked together to create a picture book using an online tool for creating and reading books. This website was entirely new to me. The great part about this website is that there is a vast amount of artwork to use to create your story with. My classmates and I searched for artwork that was student-friendly and easily-lended itself to a picture book story. One part that I did not like was that when selecting artwork you were limited to one specific artist's gallery. This made for a sometimes small gallery and images that did not always work well together to create a story. None the less, we found an artist who had a series of images with a theme around one character. So together we created this story... Susie Goes Exploring. Our plan is to use this picture book in our classrooms when teaching inferences. The story is about a young girl who uses her imagination to go exploring. The students are then prompted at the end to infer where Susie is during all of her explorations which is ultimately at her house using her imagination. Take a peek and let me know what you think!