Hugger to the rescue

by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
illustrated by William Muñoz

🧸 Picture Book Pals 🌱 Early Readers 📚 Nonfiction⏱ 18 min read-along

Ages

3–7 (suggested)

Reading level

Pre-K

Pages

31

Published

1994

Publisher

Cobblehill Books/Dutton

ISBN

9780525651611

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🧠 Read Together

Tips for 🧸 Picture Book Pals (ages 3–5). Reading together for just 15 minutes a day builds vocabulary, focus and a lifelong love of stories.

Before watchingWhile watchingAfter watchingTalk about it

• Look at the cover together and ask: “What do you think this story is about?”
• Turn on captions (CC) so your child sees the words while hearing them.

• Pause and ask “What do you think will happen next?” There are no wrong answers!
• Hunt for letters: can your child spot the first letter of their name on screen?

• Ask your child to retell the story in three parts: beginning, middle, end.
• Draw a favorite picture from the story and label it together.

• Can you find your favorite picture?
• What sounds did you hear in the story?
• What colors did you see?

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