Pip and the Tiny Light
Pip and the Tiny Light
by ReadRead · 5 min readPip is a little firefly whose light is too dim. While helping a lost bunny find home, Pip finds out that a small light can do a lot.
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Start readingInside the book
Pip is a little firefly whose light is too dim. While helping Bun, a lost baby bunny, find home, Pip finds out that a small light can do a lot.
The new words in this book
To shine with a soft light. It comes up 8 times: the moon, a star, a lantern, and finally Pip.
Just a little bit of light. It comes up 4 times, always about Pip’s light at the start.
Every other word is a common word most young learners know, like little, big, home, help, moon and star.
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 dark forest?
- 2Whose light is big? Whose light is dim?
- 3What is the moon doing? Can you glow like the moon?
- 4Why is Bun sad? What would you do?
- 5Pip’s light is dim. Can Pip still help?
- 6Can you hop like Bun? Where is the little star?
- 7Who is waiting for Bun at home? Who waits for you?
- 8How does Pip feel now? Why?
- 9Find the dim lights and help them glow.
- 10What small thing did you do today that helped someone?
How hard is this book?
About 150 words, short sentences, a small story.
- Dialogue × 5“Thank you, Pip!”
- Questions × 1Can you help them glow?
- Commands × 2Look! Some little lights are dim.
- Contractions × 1“I can’t find my home!”
- Bigger / biggest × 1Pip’s light gets bigger and bigger…
All 75 words, most used first
a 7 · glow 7 · the 7 · is 6 · can 5 · little 5 · dim 4 · light 4 · help 3 · i 3 · it 3 · lights 3 · pip's 3 · you 3 · all 2 · and 2 · big 2 · bigger 2 · blink 2 · bunny 2 · forest 2 · home 2 · look 2 · moon 2 · my 2 · now 2 · says 2 · they 2 · to 2 · too 2 · with 2 · are · baby · begins · bun's · but · can't · come · comes · did · feels · find · fireflies · firefly · friend · friends · gets · glows · go · happy · have · hears · here · hops · in · lantern · mama · me · night · over · past · red · sad · so · some · sound · star · stone · thank · them · tree · up · want · warm · whole
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.
- Second time: read along together and let your child tap any word they like.
- Third time: switch to I can read. Your child reads, and taps a word to hear it.
- At bedtime, turn off the light and say “Look, the moon can glow.” New words stick when they leave the book.