Luna the Little Unicorn
Luna the Little Unicorn
by ReadRead · 4 min readA grey cloud hides the rainbow and Luna’s horn goes grey. Her friends help her sparkle again, and then Luna helps the sad cloud.
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This book is free for every family.
Start readingInside the book
Luna is a little unicorn in a rainbow meadow. When she is happy, her horn sparkles. Then a big grey cloud hides the sun, the rainbow fades, and so does Luna’s horn. Bunny brings a flower, Bluebird sings a song, and a big hug makes her horn bright again. But the grey cloud is crying, all alone.
The new words in this book
To shine with tiny flashes of light. It comes up 8 times, and every time golden sparkles really burst from Luna’s horn, the flowers or the stars.
To slowly get pale and go away. It comes up 7 times: the rainbow, Luna’s smile, her horn, the flowers, the grey on the cloud and, at the end, the day.
The refrain “Sparkle, little horn!” comes back on three spreads, so a young reader can say it along. The two words are a pair the pictures show side by side: a gold horn that sparkles and a grey horn that fades. Every other word is a common word, like rainbow, cloud, flower, hug and friends.
Questions to ask while you read
Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.
- 1What can you see in the meadow? What does Luna’s horn do when she is happy?
- 2Who comes to play with Luna?
- 3What is the big grey cloud doing? What happens to the rainbow?
- 4How does Luna feel? What happens to her horn?
- 5What does Bunny bring? Does Luna feel a little better?
- 6What does Bluebird do for Luna?
- 7Why is Luna’s horn bright again?
- 8Why is the cloud crying? What does Luna want to do?
- 9Tap each flower: can you make them all sparkle?
- 10What makes you sparkle? Who could you help to feel better?
How hard is this book?
About 250 words, sentences of 6–8 words, dialogue.
- Dialogue × 5“Oh no! My rainbow!” says Luna.
- Commands × 3Tap each flower to make it sparkle!
- Not / no × 3“Oh no! My rainbow!” says Luna.
- Will / going to × 1When Luna is sad, her little horn will fade, too.
- Contractions × 2“Come on, friends! Let’s help the cloud!”
- Because / when / if × 2When Luna is happy, her little horn can sparkle.
All 94 words, most used first
the 16 · and 10 · horn 10 · is 10 · to 9 · her 8 · sparkle 8 · a 7 · fade 7 · little 7 · grey 6 · begins 5 · cloud 5 · it 5 · meadow 4 · rainbow 4 · sad 4 · all 3 · friends 3 · happy 3 · on 3 · too 3 · big 2 · come 2 · comes 2 · flower 2 · for 2 · laughs 2 · over 2 · smile 2 · sun 2 · this 2 · tweet 2 · up 2 · when 2 · with 2 · again · alone · are · around · away · back · be · bright · can · crying · day · does · don't · down · each · flowers · fly · give · gives · goes · help · hides · hooray · hop · hops · hug · in · just · let's · look · looks · make · my · no · not · now · oh · one · play · please · run · say · says · sings · smiles · song · starts · tap · then · they · tiny · under · unicorn · we · will · yellow · you · your
Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.
Tips for parents
- First time: use Read to me and let your child just listen and watch the horn change.
- Before page four, stop and ask “What will happen to Luna’s horn now?” Let them guess.
- On the flower page, let your child say “Sparkle!” each time they tap a flower.
- Try the word card: slide from fade to sparkle and talk about what makes you feel grey or bright.