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TOON Books pioneers a whole new approach for emerging readers by using the sophisticated tools of good comics to engage young children. This groundbreaking approach to high-quality stories has garnered TOON Books lavish praise and numerous awards since its launch. With TOON Books, an imprint of Candlewick Press, you’ll find the new classics of the visual age: visually literate books that will delight, inspire, inform, and tickle the fancy of the children of );

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WWW.TOON-BOOKS.COM Silly Lilly in What Will I Be Today? by Agnès Rosenstiehl

HC: 978-1-935179-08-5 Patrick Benny and Penny Mo and Jo in A Teddy Bear’s Picnic in The Toy Breaker in Fighting Together Forever and Other Stories by Geoffrey Hayes by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel by Geoffrey Hayes HC: 978-1-935179-07-8 HC: 978-0-9799238-5-2 HC: 978-1-935179-09-2

Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons by Agnès Rosenstiehl

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Benny and Penny Luke on the Loose Otto’s Orange Day in Just Pretend by Harry Bliss by Frank Cammuso by Geoffrey Hayes and Jay Lynch HC: 978-1-935179-00-9 A Theodor HC: 978-0-9799238-0-7 HC: 978-0-9799238-2-1 Little Mouse Seuss Geisel Honor Book Gets Ready by Jeff Smith

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A Theodor A Theodor Seuss Geisel Seuss Geisel Benny Award Stinky Honor Book Zig and Wikki Winner Jack and the Box and Penny by Eleanor Davis in Something Ate by Art Spiegelman in The Big No-No! HC: 978-0-9799238-4-5 My Homework HC: 978-0-9799238-3-8 by Geoffrey Hayes by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler HC: 978-0-9799238-9-0 HC: 978-1-935179-02-3

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Patrick’s Lost Balloon

Uh-oh! Patrick has lost his red balloon. Help him find it, but watch out for Big Bear! When you’re done, color in the pictures.

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TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Coloring with Silly Lilly

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TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Games with Silly Lilly

Silly Lilly plays all year round, in spring, summer, fall, and HC: 978-0-9799238-1-4 winter. Look at the pictures in each box and circle the words that do not belong with that season. Next, draw a picture in each box of something that does belong with that season.

SPRING SUMMER

butterfly beach ball

bird gloves flower and shells mittens snowball

fish

FALL WINTER

Christmas tree butterfly hat

apple Christmas gift Leaf

snowball

rake

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Getting Ready with Little Mouse

In each box, draw a picture that shows how you get ready HC: 978-1-935179-01-6 to do something you like. It could be painting a picture, playing soccer, reading a book, or something else!

This is what I do when I get ready to

1. Start Here 2.

3. 4. The End!

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Stinky’s Speech Balloons

Draw a balloon around the words. Use a shape that matches what the speaker feels.

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HELP We need to be very quiet. ME!

I think monsters I love you! are in here.

In the picture to the right, write some words in Stinky’s balloons. Make sure they have the right feelings to match the art.

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Games with Benny and Penny

Comics use text features to tell a story. Learn HC: 978-1-935179-07-8 HC: 978-0-9799238-9-0 HC: 978-0-9799238-0-7 about text features below. Then find examples in the pictures from Benny and Penny in Just Pretend.

Speech Balloon You can tell a character is speaking when their words are shown in a speech balloon. The tail of the balloon points to his or her mouth. Thought Balloon A character’s thoughts are shown in a different kind of balloon. Notice how instead of a tail, there is a trail of little bubbles. Caption A caption describes something that is happening in the story. Sound Effect A sound effect is a word that describes a noise.

ere he is! enny cannot find It’s Benny. a pirate Benny? I’m brave ship! Benny the Pirate!

Benny!

No. It’s 1. 2. here is a box. 3. 4. Benny? It’s Yo! Ho! Ho! Make your own comic strip by drawing charactersHand over and writingPlay what with they are saying and thinking. pretend! the gold! me!

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Color in the characters. Then cut them out with help from a grown-up. Tape each character to a craft stick, and you’re ready to put on a puppet show! You’ll need: Crayons Safety scissors Tape Craft stick

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011 Puppet Theater with Zig and Wikki

Color in the characters. Then cut them out with help from a grown-up. Tape each character to a craft stick, and you’re ready to put on a play! HC: 978-1-935179-02-3 You’ll need: Crayons Safety scissors Tape Craft stick ZIG ROCK ET WIKKI SHIP

TOON Books Story-Hour Kit www.toon-books.com Spring 2011