AMAZING Stories with Some Monkey Business!
AMAZING Stories is a series of six picture books and companion videos for adventurous,
creative and tech-curious kids aged 4–12.
Each story is infused with bold ideas & humour, brought to life through a unique collaboration between traditional storytelling and AI-generated visuals.
These videos and books showcase what's possible when you leverage Al to take a concept all the way through to production.
The AMAZING Stories series is a real glimpse into the future of creative storytelling, nimble, imaginative and empowered.
These AMAZING Stories are a great example of how accessible this space is becoming.
EXPERIMENT AND SHARE, this kind of content leads the way forward for student creators.
CHECK OUT The YouTube PlayList for AMAZING Stories
DOWNLOAD The One Sheet
DOWNLOAD The AMAZING Stories Info Sheet
What do YOU Like?
In What Do YOU Like?, kids are invited to follow what makes their brain go WOW!
"What do YOU Like?" showcases what's possible when you leverage Al to take a concept all the way through to production.
This book and the video show that the quirky things we love aren't just hobbies,
they're clues to who we might become.
With rhythmic text, joyful illustrations and celebrating self discovery,
this book is a powerful launchpad for creative storytelling & imaginative thinking.
Themes: Passion & identity, Divergent thinking, Creative confidence, Student agency
It’s more than just what kids do, it’s what makes them tick.
Sometimes the quirky things you love aren’t just hobbies, they’re clues to who you really are.
The world needs people who collect weird stuff, dream wildly & see what others miss.
This is more than a book, it’s a question that starts a journey.
And for some readers, it might just change everything.
So go on, Build. Bounce. Fix. Imagine. Be Curious. Be Joyful. Be Different.
And ask yourself the most important question of all
What do YOU like?
CHECK OUT the What do YOU Like? eBook
CHECK OUT What do YOU Like? Lesson Plan Pdf
THE MONKEY DID IT!
One Monkey. A Typewriter. Total Tuesday Chaos.
It all started with a bowl of cereal.
Then the floor tilts. Then the kids turned into aliens. Then cats. In space.
And now there’s a dragon. Of course there is.
Who’s responsible for this madness?
A cheeky monkey with a typewriter and way too much imagination.
He’s flipping the story faster than a soap-bubble spaceship and the kids can barely keep up.
If you like stories that bounce, blast, roar, and giggle...
You already know who to blame.
THE MONKEY DID IT!
Ready to tell a story where anything can happen?
The typewriter’s waiting. Go bananas.
Be an author. Make the mayhem. Tell your story.
Because writing stories? That’s a SUPERPOWER
Lots of thinking and questions and rethinking and testing and figuring things out.
Above is the end result of the Monkey Typing after
lots of ideation.
If you want to see what else the Monkey can do….
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CHECK OUT The Monkey Did It! eBook
WARNING
You are entering a No Rules Zone. Proceed with imagination at light speed.
Something UnLIKELY is HERE….
What do you get when you combine a fearless kid with a wild imagination, a sceptical best friend
and a cursed spoon in the school cafeteria?
You get UnLIKELY, a picture book full of sock cities, rainbow hiccups, moon missions and one surprisingly polite pirate.
It’s imaginative.
It’s beautifully illustrated with AI.
It’s a great way to start conversations about how AI + imagination = endless creative possibilities.
Protagonist: The Imaginator – confident, curious and never out of stories.
Antagonist: The Friend – a loyal skeptic who always says “Unlikely”… until……..
This book was made for kids, classrooms and anyone who’s ever been told “that’ll never happen.”
Want to see how UnLIKELY things come to life with AI?
Check Out the UnLIKELY VIDEO with a bit of Monkey Business
Check Out the UnLIKELY eBOOK for the Full Story.
AMAZING WORLDS
A book and Video LIKE NO OTHER
AMAZING WORLDS is more than just a story, it’s a human-AI collaboration.
I wrote it.
I imagined it.
I prompted the images.
And with the help of AI, I brought AMAZING WORLDS to life; Worlds that never existed before.
Not a single place, creature or adventure in this book has ever been seen by human eyes. Without AI, none of this would be possible. Nothing in this book has ever been seen before.
AMAZING WORLDS BOOK
Check out the Linkedin Article on how it was done.
Here’s the Lesson Plan Introducing Prompting. Here’s the Text to Image Prompt list identifying word counts & sample prompts. Click here for the APPS list safe for the classroom.
AMAZING WORLDS is not just a story about IMAGINATION,
IT'S PROOF of it.
A New Jumper - with Some Monkey Business
My Experiment with AI Storytelling
JOIN ME on this fascinating journey,
as I revisit a story I originally wrote 20 years ago while teaching kindergarten.
This story, “The New Jumper,” was one of the favourites, and now I’ve reimagined it using cutting-edge AI tools.
The New Jumper Videos
The New Jumper - Original
The New Jumper with Some Monkey Business - Maltese + English Text
The New Jumper with Some Monkey Business - Maltese
The New Jumper Books
A New Jumper
A New Jumper in Maltese
The final product reflects the intriguing possibilities of AI.
LET ME know your thoughts on this video and the evolving role of AI in creative storytelling!
What a DISASTER!
Take a deep breath… because this video is pure chaos! Packed with over-the-top disasters, comedic timing and an unstoppable protagonist, this is the story of someone who refuses to give up, no matter how many times they get squashed, melted or EXPLODED.
THE THEME:
Life isn’t just unpredictable—it’s outrageously unfair, ridiculously chaotic, and totally unstoppable. Disasters will come. Big ones. Weird ones. Ones that make absolutely no sense.
BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH: You CAN'T control what happens. You CAN control what happens NEXT.
RESILIENCE isn’t about avoiding disaster, it’s about staring it in the face, laughing through the wreckage and stepping forward anyway. It’s about getting knocked down, standing back up, daring life to do its worst and proving that nothing, NOTHING, can stop YOU.
What a DISASTER! Videos
What a DISASTER! - TRAILER What a Disaster! Video
What a DISASTER! Book
DOWNLOAD the What a Disaster Book or read in the Browser.
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