This picture accompanied a story about a bunny whose cousin went for a ride in a hot air balloon. The balloon was late returning and the bunny was very worried. All turned out well in the end.

The picture is made entirely of stamps. It has a large number of creative elements all of which were mentioned in the written story.
(Fourth-grade student)

The author had a dream about a picnic.
The picture is a combination of freehand drawing and stamps. It demonstrates unusual visualization. (First-grade student)

The accompanying story is about an invasion by giants from Pluto.
This picture is a combination of stamps and freehand drawing used to demonstrate several creative strengths, including action, humor, and fantasy. (Fourth-grade student)

In a story about a dream, the author escapes from a haunted house with the ghost pursuing him.
This picture demonstrates the use of perspective, a visualization technique. (Fourth-grade student)

In this story, the author lost her shoe when kicking the ball during a soccer game.
The picture is a combination of stamps and freehand drawing and represents the use of movement in an action-packed story.
(First-grade student)

In this story, the young author had been skateboarding. She returned home to find a rainbow over the top of her house.
The author/artist used the paintbrush and bucket tools to achieve a richness of imagery. (First-grade student)

The author tells about a man who wanted to jump off of the state capitol building. A woman in one of the offices kept trying to talk him out of it. In the end, she did.
All images in this picture were stamps except the man, who was drawn with the rectangle tool. This demonstrates emotional expressiveness. (Fourth-grade student)

The author dreamed of owning a lake that he could stock with all kinds of fish.

He used stamps, the circle tool, and the paint bucket tool in the picture. It shows how one can achieve a rich visualization by adding perspective to a drawing. (Fourth-grade student)

In this story, the author tells about a slumber party she had on her birthday.

Only paint and draw tools are used to achieve a rich, colorful effect. (First-grade student)

In this story, the author goes to the beach. She has just arrived and finds that it seems to be very hot as she reclines on the sand.

Paint and draw tools were used to project the searing heat to the reader. (First-grade student)

The author of this story had a dream about being lost in a big city.
A variety of stamps were used, surrounded by a freehand circle to express emotional confusion. (Fourth-grade student)