Princess Rosie and the Hidden Dragon
Princess Rosie and the Hidden Dragon
by ReadRead · 5 min readPup is behind the tree, Kitty is in the pot, and something is sniffing in the roses. A hide-and-seek story about not running away.
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This book is free for every family.
Start readingInside the book
Princess Rosie is playing hide-and-seek with Pup and Kitty. She finds Pup behind the tree and Kitty in the big pot. Then something goes sniff, sniff in the roses. It is a little dragon, and everyone always runs away from it. Rosie does not.
The new words in this book
To take a quick little look. It comes up 8 times, and every time someone really looks round a bush, a tree or a pot.
Put away where no one can see. It comes up 7 times: Pup, Kitty, the dragon, and at the end, no one.
The text repeats on purpose (“Where is Pup? Pup is hidden.” then “Peek! There is Pup!”), so a pre-reader can say it along by page four. Every other word is a common word, like castle, garden, tree, tail and play.
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 at the castle?
- 2Where would you hide in this garden?
- 3Where is Pup? How did Rosie find Pup?
- 4Where is Kitty hiding?
- 5What is making that sniff, sniff sound?
- 6It is a dragon! Why do Pup and Kitty run?
- 7How does the dragon feel? What does Rosie say?
- 8Is the dragon hidden? What can you see?
- 9Tap and peek: who is hidden in the garden?
- 10Who is someone you could invite to play?
How hard is this book?
About 150 words, short sentences, a small story.
- Dialogue × 5“One… two… three…”
- Questions × 4Is Dragon hidden? No!
- Commands × 2Tap and peek!
- Not / no × 3Is Dragon hidden? No!
- Will / going to × 1“I will not run. Come and play!” says Rosie.
- Contractions × 1“Let’s play! You hide, I count!” says Rosie.
All 72 words, most used first
is 13 · a 8 · peek 8 · the 8 · hidden 7 · little 6 · dragon 5 · and 4 · i 3 · in 3 · play 3 · run 3 · says 3 · takes 3 · away 2 · behind 2 · big 2 · can 2 · castle 2 · everyone 2 · here 2 · hide 2 · no 2 · now 2 · one 2 · sniff 2 · there 2 · where 2 · you 2 · all · always · am · bush · come · count · crown · down · found · from · garden · goes · gold · has · hears · hides · it · lamps · let's · lights · me · not · on · pot · roses · runs · see · she · something · sound · sun · tail · tap · them · then · three · to · too · tree · two · we · who · will
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.
- Before page six, stop and ask “What is hidden in the roses?” Let them guess.
- On the hide-and-seek page, let your child choose where to peek next and say it: “Peek behind the tree!”
- Play it for real: hide a toy under a blanket and let a little tail stick out. “Is it hidden? Peek!”