Freeze! A Reading Adventure

by Jonathan Hines

Jaelle has a story to tell… she just hasn’t written it down.

When it’s her turn to read aloud, Jaelle feels the pressure building. While her classmates have words on their pages, Jaelle only has drawings in her journal. Frustrated and overwhelmed by their whispers, she blurts out one powerful word:

“FREEZE!”

Suddenly, everything changes.

Her classmates and teacher vanish—swept into the imaginative world inside Jaelle’s drawings—while Jaelle is left alone in the classroom.

Now, the only way to bring them back is to do the one thing she was afraid to do…
tell the story.

As Jaelle works through her pictures—bringing space adventures, ancient lands, and incredible scenes to life with her words—she begins to realize that her ideas were never the problem. She just needed the confidence to share them.

Perfect for young readers, teachers, and parents, Freeze! A Reading Adventure helps children:

• Build confidence in reading and storytelling
• See how pictures can become powerful stories
• Work through frustration and big emotions
• Discover the courage to use their voice

Imaginative, empowering, and deeply relatable, this story reminds children that even pictures have stories within them and that their voice matters—and their story is worth telling.

Can Jaelle finish her story… and bring her class back?