Description
Max’s brothers have grand collections that everyone makes a big fuss over. Benjamin collects stamps and Karl collects coins, and neither one will share with their little brother. So Max decides to start a collection of his own. He’s going to collect words. He starts with small words that he cuts out of newspapers and magazines, but soon his collection has spilled out into the hall.
All the while, his brothers are watching. Benjamin brags that he has one thousand stamps. Karl is just a few coins short of five hundred. But a thousand stamps is really just a bunch of stamps, and a lot of coins is only a heap of money. A pile of words, however, can make a story.
From an Amazon reviewer: DorseyM
Very cute story. I am using this as a read aloud with my fourth graders to get them started on their own word collections to use in their writing. It is also nice for starting a discussion on revising- the words make very different stories when they are rearranged!
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