Rabbit’s Ribbon Party
Rabbit’s Ribbon Party
by ReadRead · 4 min readA short ribbon, a small friend, and a garden with room for both. Help three friends make their party together.
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Rabbit, Mouse and Bear are making the garden ready for a party. Mouse’s ribbon cannot reach across the gate. Rabbit sits beside Mouse and sees another way: a small ribbon can become a little flower. Soon the friends have room for long ribbons and small ones, and for your help too.
The new words in this book
To pull out long and straight. Appears 8 times while ribbons open across the garden.
To bend around into a round shape. Appears 7 times as a small ribbon winds into a flower.
“A little help, a little smile” returns throughout the story. Both new words are paired with visible ribbon actions; all other words are familiar and supported by the pictures.
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 is Rabbit making?
- 2How do Rabbit and Bear help each other?
- 3What can Mouse do with a blue ribbon?
- 4Why can the little ribbon not reach the gate?
- 5What idea does Rabbit have?
- 6Where can the small blue flower go?
- 7Why does Mouse put the little flower on a low post?
- 8What would you make for the party?
- 9Tap all six ribbons. Which ones stretch? Which ones curl?
- 10How did each friend help make the party?
How hard is this book?
About 250 words, sentences of 6–8 words, dialogue.
- Dialogue × 10“I can stretch mine too!”
- Questions × 1“Will you help me stretch this ribbon, Bear?”
- Commands × 4Pull... pull... It still cannot reach.
- Will / going to × 2A red ribbon will go across the gate.
- Bigger / biggest × 1Six more ribbons wait for your hands.
All 93 words, most used first
the 16 · a 12 · little 11 · stretch 8 · curl 7 · one 6 · ribbons 6 · to 6 · blue 5 · can 5 · help 5 · it 5 · post 5 · end 4 · smile 4 · beside 3 · flower 3 · for 3 · gate 3 · long 3 · mine 3 · party 3 · red 3 · round 3 · small 3 · across 2 · from 2 · garden 2 · is 2 · like 2 · makes 2 · ones 2 · other 2 · pull 2 · short 2 · tap 2 · them 2 · this 2 · three 2 · ties 2 · too 2 · will 2 · you 2 · your 2 · and · begin · bright · brings · cannot · carries · down · flat · flowers · go · goes · good · hands · has · helped · holds · i · into · its · let · looks · loops · loose · low · lowers · make · me · more · no · now · oh · others · out · paw · reach · room · show · sits · six · still · sun · that · then · they · together · up · wait · wants · wave
Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.
Tips for parents
- Listen with Read to me first, and watch what the ribbons do.
- Join in with “A little help, a little smile.”
- Let your child choose the order of the six ribbons on the play page.
- Use a short and a long paper strip at home. Straighten one and curl the other.