Colorful Rhyme Time
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(pg 1 – 2)
One grey mouse.
Inside a brown house.
To note:
The top part of the picture is a triangle shaped roof – in brown.
Outlined in red pen to highlight a triangle shape.
Slightly separated is the box-shaped house, a square, in brown.
Outlined, also, in red pen to highlight a square shape.
On the left is a square-shaped window with a lip on the bottom for a sill – red outline.
The house has no door, as the picture is animated.
A red pen, thin-shaped, rectangle highlights a “door” entrance.
A real looking fireplace is to the right of the picture – and is square shaped –
no pen highlight. The mouse is wherever the animator places it.
On the left side of this page (where a thumb would rest – when holding the board
book) is a ruler shaped index.
On the top is the triangle – red pen.
Second is the square.
Thirdly is the rectangle.
The ruler, the index, is in white.
The mouse had a birthday.
He turned one.
To note:
The picture is of one triangle shaped cake piece –
and is a white cake with colored sprinkles.
One thin, lit, candle atop the cake.
(pg 3 – 4)
page three has a full, white, cake – with sprinkles – picture, divided by twelve.
On the left lip, edge, of the page, is an index – ruler shaped.
In this index is twelve slices of cake. The numbers one through twelve are
just a-top each, triangle shaped, cake.
pg 4
To note:
The picture is of twelve, floating, purple balloons.
Each balloon has a number – from one to twelve.
(pg 5 – 6)
One orange cat – awake, after a nap.
See the mouse play peekaboo – under a yellow mat?
(pg 5 – 6)
See the cat go up the stairs?
See the cat sit on a chair?
To note:
The stairs photo is to the right, on page six. There are ten black steps. The backdrop, or
wall, is in light brown. The numbers – one through ten – are atop each step.
The chair is to the left, in the animated picture – any color and shape.
There are two pictures: top right – above the stairs.
And a trinket sits on a small ledge – on the wall, under the stairs.
This would be proximate to the chair.
It’s up to the animator where the cat is in the picture.
pg 5
On the right side page – page 5 – is random numbers – from one to ten, on display in the
picture – in black lettering. The backdrop is a solid white.
(pg 7 – 8)
See the cat go down the hall?
The cat is tall. But the mouse is small.
(pg 9 – 10)
Can he find this mouse at all?
SQUEAK – SQUEAK
(pg 11 – 12)
Outside, many snowflakes fall.
A snowman is built from round snowballs.
To note:
A ruler-shaped index on the side, of the page, highlights a circle shape.
Multiple, small, snowballs can be displayed for fun.
A snowman in the picture is highlighted by a thin red pen,
to accent the circle shape.
(pg 13 – 14)
Around his neck, a red scarf is hung.
Two black eyes help him see.
(pg 15 – 16)
An orange carrot helps him breathe.
From two stick hands, red mitts cleave.
(pg 17 – 18)
Do you like to play in the snow, in winter?
A cat and a mouse do too!
(pg 19 )
Who let them out?
Was it you?
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