Tiny Dino Can Roar
Tiny Dino Can Roar
by ReadRead · 5 min readThe big dinosaurs roar all day. Pebble can only whisper, until the fog comes, baby Bean is lost, and a big roar is needed.
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Pebble lives in a warm volcano valley with the big dinosaurs, Bo and Tank, who roar all day long. Pebble can only whisper, and nobody hears. Then the volcano puffs a big white cloud, the valley fills with fog, and Bo’s baby Bean is lost. Tiny Pebble can see under the fog, finds Bean, and a whisper is just too small to call for help.
The new words in this book
A big, loud, deep sound. It comes up 7 times, and every time a dinosaur throws its head back, rings of sound roll out and the whole page jumps.
To talk very softly. It comes up 8 times: Pebble leans in with a hand by its mouth and a tiny soft puff drifts out.
The two words are a pair, loud and soft, so each one helps explain the other. Every other word is a common word, like big, tiny, fog, valley, baby and hear.
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.
- 1Who is big and who is tiny here?
- 2Pebble whispers “Hello!” Why don’t Bo and Tank hear?
- 3How does Pebble feel after the squeak?
- 4What is coming out of the volcano?
- 5The fog is up high. What can tiny Pebble see?
- 6Why can’t Bo and Tank hear the whisper?
- 7Can you take a big breath and roar like Pebble?
- 8How does Bo feel when Bean is found?
- 9Who will roar, and who will whisper? Tap and see.
- 10When do you use a whisper, and when do you use a big voice?
How hard is this book?
About 250 words, sentences of 6–8 words, dialogue.
- Dialogue × 10“Bean! Where are you?” calls Bo.
- Questions × 4“Bean! Where are you?” calls Bo.
- Will / going to × 1Who will roar, and who will whisper?
- Bigger / biggest × 1It is the biggest roar in the whole valley!
All 115 words, most used first
the 15 · and 11 · is 11 · a 7 · big 7 · but 6 · can 6 · fog 6 · are 4 · valley 4 · whisper 4 · whispers 4 · i 3 · in 3 · it 3 · tiny 3 · to 3 · up 3 · volcano 3 · who 3 · all 2 · away 2 · by 2 · call 2 · dinosaurs 2 · everyone 2 · happy 2 · here 2 · like 2 · little 2 · only 2 · says 2 · see 2 · small 2 · so 2 · too 2 · warm 2 · white 2 · will 2 · you 2 · alone · am · asks · baby · biggest · breath · calls · cannot · cloud · come · comes · day · did · dinosaur · do · down · each · far · find · friend · full · get · go · goes · good · hear · hello · high · his · hooray · hugs · long · loud · low · me · night · not · of · ok · on · opens · out · play · pool · puffs · rocks · rolls · running · sadly · shh · sleepy · smile · soon · squeak · stands · still · sun · takes · tall · tap · that · them · then · there · they · thick · through · under · very · walks · we · where · whole · wide · with
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.
- Say every “whisper” softly and every “roar” loudly. Children love to join in.
- Before page seven, stop and ask: “What can Pebble do now?”
- Play it at home: whisper a word, then roar it. Which one can you hear from the next room?