Tully and the New Baby
Made for 2½ to 4 years3 to 4 minutes aloud32 pages
A shell that is too small, too tight, too big and then just right gives a big change a shape a young child can hold. Tully gets a real job and a gift for the baby. Feeling small again is treated as normal.
Written by Sara Lundquist. Characters and art by Blake Lundquist.
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Why ages 2½ to 4 years
A shell that is too small, too tight, too big and then just right gives a big change a shape a young child can hold. Tully gets a real job and a gift for the baby. Feeling small again is treated as normal.
Read-aloud guide
Questions to ask, words to point at and repeat, and a follow-up activity. It arrives with the book.
Meanwhile: A new baby is coming, Big feelings
Printables
10 free sheets for this story: cards, mazes, a certificate and more, in A4 and US Letter.
Printables for Tully and the New Baby
Free, no email, no account. For personal and classroom use, not for resale.
Bookmarks: Tully and the New Baby
Bookmarks · ages 2 to 4
Three bookmarks to cut out.
Bookplates: Tully and the New Baby
Bookplates · ages 2 to 4
Eight "This book belongs to" labels to cut out and stick in.
Certificate: I found a place that fits!
Certificate · ages 2 to 4
A certificate to fill in and hang up.
Colour the cove
Colouring page · ages 2 to 4
A scenery page to colour, from the world of the story. Scenery only; the characters join when Blake's drawings are ready.
Feelings cards: Tully and the New Baby
Feelings cards · ages 2 to 4
Feeling words on colour cards. No faces, so a child decides what a feeling looks like.
Tidepool maze: Tully and the New Baby
Maze · ages 2 to 4
A tidepool maze to trace with a finger or a pencil, with the way through on page two.
Real Sandpiper Point: hermit crab shells
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 2 to 5
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Real Sandpiper Point: tidepools
Real Sandpiper Point fact sheet · ages 2 to 8
Real facts, each with its source, and how the stories use them.
Story sequencing cards: Tully and the New Baby
Story sequencing cards · ages 2 to 4
Cut out the story moments, mix them up and put them back in order. Art frames wait for Blake's pictures.
Word cards: Tully and the New Baby
Word cards · ages 2 to 4
The words to point at and say again in Tully and the New Baby, each with the line it comes from.
Formats
Paperback, 8.5×8.5
A square paperback, 24 to 40 pages depending on the story. Printed on demand.
Best for: Everyday reading, ages 2 to 7.
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Hardcover, 8.5×8.5
The same square book in a case-laminate hardcover.
Best for: Gifts and the books you read a hundred times.
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Set in
The tidepools
A shelf of rock that the tide leaves full of small, quiet worlds. Things here are always getting a little too small. See it on the map