Changemakers Kids

My Collison is a story about a boy who sees what happens when his father has a minor collision with another driver after which they exchange driver information and drive away.

Soon after that, he has his own collision when a teenage bike rider rams into his bike, which topples over.

He is ready to yell at the teenager for causing the accident, when he remembers how his father and the other driver settled their own collision peaceably, so he decides to do the same.

What will happen? Will he be able to settle the collision amicably or will the discussion with the teenager escalate?

And what will his parents say when they see the damaged bike lying on its side in the street? 

What’s Beyond the Beach? is a story about boy who loses his family and friends in a flood. So he goes to the beach to look for them, and a whale takes him out to see.

There, he meets a mermaid who gives him a gift and a dragon, who says he will help him, but he must do certain tasks for him, including finding a treasure and a princess.

Will the boy find what he needs to find? Will he find his family and friends?

What’s especially unique about this story is that all the illustrations have been created through AI, based on writing a short sentence or series of words.

Zoo Do is a story about boy who feels lonely after his family moves to a new town, so his parents take him to the zoo to cheer him up.

There, he sees and imitates many of the animals he sees, including toucans, hyenas, lions, elephants, and chimpanzees.

Then, at school for “Show and Tell,” he does a demonstration of all the animals he saw at the zoo, and the other children see him in a new way. As a result, he makes new friends and gets a nickname to go with his story.

What is unique about this story is that all the illustrations have been created through AI, based on writing a short sentence or series of words.

So Zoo Do is both a story about a boy’s experience in visiting the zoo and an exploration of a new technology medium.

Grandma’s Marriage is a story about a little girl, Susanna, who advises her favorite grandmother to get married again, even though everyone else in the family is against it.

After her grandmother comes for a visit and they do all kinds of fun things together, Susanna writes her grandmother a letter telling her to marry again, and she does.

As a result, her parents are very mad at her, and she wonders if she should have sent that letter.

What will happen? Did Susanna give her grandmother good advice?

Will the marriage work out? What do Susanna’s parents think about what happens?

It’s Tough Being a Doll is a story about all the difficulties a doll faces, told from the doll’s point of view.

Among other things, the doll describes being left in a hot car, put in a dark closet, fought over by her owner Mandy’s two brothers, stepped on by Mandy’s father, and more.

But in the end, she feels loved by Mandy and her younger sister, who becomes the new doll’s owner when Mandy grows up.

It’s a story that’ll get kids to think about dolls in a new way.

The Fly that Wouldn’t Go Away is a story about a boy who wakes up to a fly buzzing around his room and he starts to chase it to get rid of it.

As he chases it, the fly seems to be taunting and laughing at him, as he wreaks havoc in his room.

So what will happen to the boy and the fly?.

The Fly that Wouldn’t Go Away tells their story.

Mouse in the House is a story in rhyme about a girl who discovers a mouse in the house, and she isn’t sure what to do about it.

After it runs away, her parents think she imagined it, and when she sees it hiding in a shoe, she wonders if she should tell her parents.

But the mouse is very scared, and she is afraid of what they might do to it.

So what should she do? 

THE BIG MUSHROOM BATTLE is the battle with the mushrooms that ensues after Luisa encounters mushrooms growing in a rock garden near the front door of her house.

She thinks they look very scary, but her mother, father, and older sister aren’t concerned, and her friends don’t help either.

She even dreams about the mushrooms coming at her like an army and is determined to fight them.

So what will happen and how will what Luisa learns about the mushrooms change everything?

This picture book tells her story.

BLANKETS IN THE BATHTUB is a story about a little girl who likes watching the shadows racing across her walls at night as she falls asleep.

She even talks to some shadows, and one night, she meets Mr. Pim, a roly poly imp and quietly tells him about her experiences at school that day.

But one night she excitedly tells him a story, and her parents hear her. Mr. Pim suggests they speak in the bathroom, so she takes her blankets there and later returns to her room after speaking to him.

But one night she falls asleep in the bathtub.

What will happen when her mother discovers her there?

BLANKETS IN THE BATHTUB tells her story.

FLY, FLY AWAY is a story about a fly who likes flying around the garden and feasting on the nectar, fruit, and sugary liquid in a glass.

Then, he looks through a window into a big house and is curious about what’s it’s like inside. 

But after he flies in through an open door and is drawn to a jar of honey and plate with bits of fruit, he encounters the two boys and their parents who live there, and soon he has to evade the mother’s hand and the father’s can of bug spray. 

Can he escape back into the garden? What will happen if he gets back?  Fly, Fly Away tells his story.

THE BUSH THAT CAME BACK is a whimsical story about how Rhoda Rhododendron faces a big challenge after new owners, the Talbots move in with their two sons and daughter.

They decide she has been growing too tall, since her branches cover up part of the front window.

So Mr. Talbot cuts off her high branches and beautiful flowers, and after she grows back, he cuts her down again.

Eventually plans to get rid of her completely.  But will he do that? And what will happen to Rhoda? 

This picture book tells her story.

THE BEAN THAT DIDN’T WANT TO BE COOKED is a whimsical story about how Sally Stringbean escapes being cooked in a series of ways.

She falls out of the shopping bag in the grocery store and on the way home. She enjoys being played with by the family cat and dog.

She pops out of the pan on the stove and lands on the floor. And more.

What will finally happen to Sally? This picture book tells her story.

The Squirrel Who Wanted a Change is a whimsical story about a squirrel who didn’t like getting chased and was curious about the warm cozy houses and how the people who lived there seemed to have so much fun.

Though his squirrel friends laugh at him, he tries various ways to get inside and eventually becomes friends with a new boy in town who likes to play games on his computer.

In the end, he discovers many new things to do with his new friend.

Bad Dog is a story about a dog named Randy who doesn’t behave very well, as told by the boy who owns him.

Randy escapes from his leash, runs through the neighbor’s rose bushes, creates a mess at a pumpkin patch, sometimes barks at night waking everyone up, and more.

But the boy still loves him, and he thinks about how it’s the same with his mother. She still loves him, even when he misbehaves, and she tells him not to do what he did wrong anymore.

The Upside Down Day is a story in which everything seems to be topsy turvy for Tommy.

He wakes up late, puts on socks that don’t match, wears his shirt inside out, and opens his book upside down. Even the cat looks upside down when it lays on its back.

So Tommy is very upset, until his parents try to comfort him with some advice and he has a mysterious visitor in his dreams.