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The Lantern Walk · ages 3-5

The Lantern Makes a Giant

The idea: closer to the light makes a bigger shadow.

Read it

The five-night book 269 words

Five nights, one book

Little children love the same story again. Read this one five nights running, with a different job each night.

  1. listen.
  2. say the last words.
  3. tap along.
  4. guess who's next.
  5. read it to a toy.

Who is in this book

Every recurring character has a short tune, so you can tell who is on stage before a word is said. The tunes play only when you tap, and the Reading Access sound switch turns them off.

The Honest Page

Which parts of this story are true, stretched or made up?

True

  • The closer something is to a light, the bigger its shadow.
  • Solid things stop light, so their shadows are dark. Source
  • See-through things let some light pass, so their shadows are faint. Source

Stretched

  • A real shadow on a wall is never a perfect copy of you. What we simplified: Shadows blur at the edges and stretch with the angle of the light; the story keeps them sharp.

Made up

  • Stretch, Block and Glimmer are made up. Shadows do not talk.

Tell it back

Tell the story to a toy, or to a grown-up. When you have, the grown-up taps the button, and a keepsake from The Lantern Makes a Giant goes on your belt.

Ring the hammer for someone

Pick this book for someone younger. The link carries only the book, and it will wait for them on the Green.

Across the Table → For the grown-up: the story in three lines, one question to ask, and one thing to do together.