Novels, picture books, poetry, plays, fairy tales, traditional stories and narrative films — a complete K–10 guide plus a ten-lesson program.
What imaginative texts are, their forms across K–10, the elements of story, and how to respond and create.
Open the Guide →Ten lessons — from story elements to writing your own tale — each with activities and a response task.
Open the Lessons →Imaginative texts create made-up worlds and events to entertain and explore experience. Across K–10 they include novels, picture books, poetry, plays, fairy and traditional stories, and narrative films. They develop creativity, empathy and a love of story, and their purposes and features can be analysed and produced by students at every level.