Everyone likes a good story and different cultures have their unique ways of telling stories. Japan has a history of picture folktales called "kamishibai." Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye), or "paper theater," began to appear on the streets of Japan in the 1920s. A kamishibai performer would ride a bicycle from town to town with his stage, story cards, and candy. Children would run to buy candy and hear the latest sequel of a story based on folktales. Each card was beautifully illustrated on the front and filled with the text of the preceding illustration on the reverse side. In this article, the authors describe how their fifth-grade students created stories and illustrations that reflected the kamishibai philosophy. (Contains 1 online resource.)