Bird Crazy by Matt Zurbo (This story is a celebration of birds. Each page should be a pattern of them, showing them off. Realistic flight patterns or not.) Ivy was crazy about birds! She was sure they were talking, just to her. (A baby girl sitting in front of red wattle, looking over shoulder at … Continue reading Day 350: Bird Crazy

Swap Day by Matt Zurbo   Someone in the school office typed the wrong thing. (Small Italian working class kid, puzzled reading piece of paper. “Bring Dad Day” crossed out. “Swap Day” handwritten instead. Dad behind kid, whistling nervously.) Today is 'Swap With Dad' day at school. (Dad, running to small pile of kid’s things, … Continue reading Day 349: Swap Day

Soup Amuck! by Matt Zurbo   Mum, Dad, help! Come quick! I think there’s a fly in my soup. Either that or a raisin, but only one of them might poop! (Kid shouting to someone off page, while pointing into his bowl of soup.) A raisin, somehow I doubt it, unless raisins do backstroke! Geez, … Continue reading Day 348: Soup Amuck!

The Lazy Crow by Matt Zurbo   Maggie was a magician. (Small girl in magician’s clothes, pulling a rabbit from her hat. Crow standing on ground behind her.) Mostly, she worked kid’s birthdays. But she dreamed of something more. “I want power…!” she told her friends, Claude the Crow, Miss Oink, and Sol, who was … Continue reading Day 347: The Lazy Crow