An elf with an eraser?

There once was a boy who loved to draw pictures. One day as the boy is admiring a Christmas picture that he just finished of Santa and his reindeer, an elf crawls onto the page carrying an eraser that he took off a shelf. The elf begins erasing things right and left until the boy’s picture has almost disappeared. What will the boy do next?

Here are a few random pages from the book:

Illustration of boy in front of a his drawing from An Elf Erased My Picture from Kelley Donner.
Image of an elf on a snowboard from An Elf Erased My Picture from Kelley Donner.
 

When I was a child, I always got in trouble for drawing in my books. Therefore, I love giving children the opportunity to add their own creativity to a story. The Draw in Your Story Series invites the reader to draw in their book in some way or another. Whether its drawing an imaginary character that has only been explained in the text, or finishing off a picture, children will love the opportunity to use their imagination. In An Elf Erased My Picture the boy asks you, the reader, to help him to draw back his picture.

Free coloring pages from book!

If you are not a fan of having children draw in their books there is no reason to worry. You can print off all of the “Draw in Your Story” images from the book below. There are also additional coloring pages. Just click on the button and you will see a free pdf to download. If you are a teacher or librarian and would like to use these printouts in your classroom, go right ahead. You have my permission. I was once a teacher, too.

Coloring Page examples from kids

Here are a few examples of the final page done by children at Anton Vitzum Grundschule, an elementary school in Moosburg, Germany.

Watch Young Reader’s Storytime read An Elf Erased My Picture.