Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude

A boy and a girl are stuck telling one fairy tale together for class, but he wants a motorcycle dude battling a giant and she wants a princess with ponies — so their story collides into one.

For the kid who argues about whose turn it is to pick the game, this is the fight over who gets to be the hero, told as a story.

• Big idea: Two very different storytellers can share one story — and it gets better, not worse, for having both voices in it.
• Vibes: Silly, competitive, laugh-out-loud, full of interruptions and one-upping.

• enjoy stories that poke fun at fairy tale clichés
• like to argue about how a story should go
• are working on compromising with someone who sees things differently
• love read-alouds with big voices and back-and-forth

• Story & problem-solving: Why do you think the boy and the girl couldn't agree on how their fairy tale should go?
• Character choices: Would you rather tell the story with the motorcycle dude and the giant, or the princess and her ponies?
• Real-life connection: Have you ever had to make up a story or finish a project with a friend who wanted something different than you?
• Imagination: If you got to add your own character to their fairy tale, who would you add and what would they do?
• Feelings & empathy: How do you think the girl felt when the boy took the story in his own direction?