Storytelling is perhaps the most powerful way that human beings organize experience. The practice is timeless and universal. Stories help everyone understand the world and make sense of their lives. Like adults, children use stories to process and reflect on their experiences. Recognizing and responding to the stories that infants and toddlers share reinforces their will to communicate and their sense of themselves as powerful storytellers. In this article, the authors show the meaning and developmental process of infants' and toddlers' stories.