The Lantern Makes a Giant
A story about closer to the light makes a bigger shadow.
Read it
Five nights, one book
Little children love the same story again. Read this one five nights running, with a different job each night.
- listen.
- say the last words.
- tap along.
- guess who's next.
- read it to a toy.
Who is in this book
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Bà Tư The grandmother who hands over the lantern from VầnTots -
Tí a child of the Green Notices small things; says "again" -
Stretch Closer to the light makes a bigger shadow from ShadowTots -
Block Solid things stop the light and make a dark shadow from ShadowTots -
Glimmer See-through things let some light through, so their shadow is faint from ShadowTots
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, and made up?
True
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.