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Stop, Go, Little Bus
Reading level 4 · First sentencesAges 3–5

Stop, Go, Little Bus

by ReadRead · 90 sec

Red light! Stop, little bus! Green light! Go, little bus! A very first book for very new readers: one short sentence on every page, and the picture always shows the word.

10pop-up spreads
19things to tap
2new words
Words in this book
stopgobeepducksgreenhomekidslight
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Inside the book

Beep is a little yellow bus in a small sunny town. Beep, beep! Go, little bus! The traffic light turns red, so Beep stops. Green light, go! Mama Duck and her ducklings cross the road, so Beep stops again and waits. Two kids wave at the bus stop, hop on, and ride up, up the hill to the park. At dusk, Beep drives home, stops, and falls asleep.

Beep the little yellow bus stops for Mama Duck and her ducklings on the zebra crossing in Stop, Go, Little Bus.
Beep the little yellow bus stops for Mama Duck and her ducklings on the zebra crossing in Stop, Go, Little Bus.
Beep the little yellow bus drives down a sunny town street by a traffic light.
Beep the little yellow bus drives down a sunny town street by a traffic light.
Two kids wave from Beep’s windows as the bus goes up the hill.
Two kids wave from Beep’s windows as the bus goes up the hill.
At dusk, Beep stops at home and falls asleep under the stars.
At dusk, Beep stops at home and falls asleep under the stars.

The new words in this book

stop

Not moving any more, standing still. It comes up 8 times, and every time something on the page really stops: Beep brakes with a jolt and a puff of dust at the red light, for the ducks, at the bus stop, at the park and at home.

go

Start moving and drive off. It comes up 7 times: Beep rumbles off on green, drives past the ducks, climbs up the hill, and on the play page the bus, the car, the van, the kids and the duck all go.

Made for children just starting kindergarten. Each page has one short sentence (3 to 6 words) in one pattern: “Red light! Stop, little bus!” / “Green light! Go, little bus!” Only the first words change, so a child can say the page with you by the third spread. Every other word is one a 4-year-old already knows, like red, green, light, bus, ducks, kids, up and home.

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.

  1. 1Where is Beep the bus? Can you say “Beep, beep!”?
  2. 2What colour is the light? What does Beep do?
  3. 3The light is green now. Stop or go?
  4. 4Who is crossing the road? Why does Beep stop?
  5. 5Can you wave bye-bye to the ducks?
  6. 6Who is waiting at the bus stop?
  7. 7Is Beep going up or down the hill?
  8. 8Where do the kids want to play?
  9. 9Tap the bus, the cars, the kids and the duck. Stop or go?
  10. 10Where does Beep sleep at night?

How hard is this book?

4
Reading level · KFirst sentences

About 50 words, one short sentence at a time, one pattern that repeats.

51words in all
16different words
4.6words per sentence
6longest sentence
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Words a child can sound out, by phonics step
Step 1 · short a, i, o18%
Step 2 · all short vowels59%
Step 3 · blends80%
Step 4 · magic e, ee/ai92%
Step 5 · ar/or, oo/ou100%
Step 6 · longer words100%
Grammar in this book
  • Questions × 1Tap! Stop or go?
Words that may stop a reader
lightorparkbeepgreenhome
All 15 words, most used first

bus 9 · little 9 · stop 8 · go 7 · beep 4 · ducks 2 · light 2 · up 2 · bye · green · home · or · park · red · tap

Names don’t count: the picture shows who it is.

Tips for parents

  • First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the pictures together. It takes about a minute and a half.
  • Play traffic light: hold up a red thing for “stop” and a green thing for “go”, and your child freezes or walks.
  • Read it again and pause before “stop” or “go”, so your child can look at the light and say the word.
  • On the play page, let your child say “Go!” before each tap and “Stop!” on the next one.
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