Sir Noodle the Brave
Sir Noodle the Brave
by ReadRead · 4 min readA big roar, a big shadow, and a very small dragon. A story about how you can tremble and still be brave.
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Noodle is a little knight with a wooden sword, and Oats is his pony. When a big ROAR comes from the dark wood, they go to look. Their knees tremble. On the rock they see a big, big shadow with wings. But behind the rock is a dragon as small as a cat, with its tail stuck in a prickly bush.
The two new words
Doing a hard thing even when you feel scared. It comes up 8 times, and every time Noodle stands tall with his sword up or takes one more step.
To shake a little because you are scared. It comes up 7 times: the castle flags, Noodle and Oats, the little dragon, Noodle’s hands and the small animals of the wood all really shake.
The last line puts the two words together: “You can tremble and still be brave!” Every other word is a common word, like castle, knight, pony, rock, shadow and tail.
Questions to ask while you read
Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.
- 1What does a knight need? What does Noodle have?
- 2What made that big ROAR? What do you think?
- 3How do Noodle and Oats feel in the dark wood?
- 4What would you do if you heard a ROAR behind a rock?
- 5Look at the shadow. What could it be?
- 6Is the dragon big or small? Why was the roar so big?
- 7Why does the little dragon roar?
- 8Noodle’s hands tremble. Is he still brave?
- 9Tap each friend: who needs help to be brave?
- 10When did you tremble but do it anyway?
Tips for parents
- First time: use Read to me and let your child just listen and watch.
- Before page six, stop and ask “What is behind the rock?” Let them guess.
- Act out the words together: shake all over for tremble, then stand tall with an arm up for brave.
- Talk about a time your child was a little scared and still tried. Call it by the book’s name: that was brave.