{"product_id":"three-billy-goats-gruff-andrew-price-9781533302694","title":"Three Billy Goats Gruff: American Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Billy Goat Gruff says, \"Some of our words and letters have fallen out of our book  The color has been lost too  Please, can you help us? Color us in again and put all our words back together. Thanks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis activity book accompanies the retelling, by Carnegie Medal winning author Susan Price, of the old favourite 'Three Billy Goats Gruff.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst, enjoy reading the story, with its funny illustrations and repeated phrases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen open this book and color-in the illustrations - and see if you can help the goats by filling in the missing words and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile small people will enjoy being read the story and coloring-in large letters spelling 'Eat him ' they won't appreciate, as bigger people do, how much they're learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearning to listen and absorbing the pattern of stories is highly educational. Listening is a learned skill, and these old stories teach empathy as they increase vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClosely observing the shape and grouping of letters in order to copy them into the blank spaces - with loving help from adults, of course - prepares children for both reading and writing. It makes children comfortable with books and pens, while the repetition of the task helps them memorise letters and spellings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch* has shown that children who are read stories at home before starting school, and who are encouraged to draw and color-in and do such simple 'missing word' exercises, start school with the equivalent of two years advantage in education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* See the work of Dr. David Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Price, Susan Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1533302693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781533302694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.10d","brand":"Andrew Price","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985587601663,"sku":"9781533302694","price":10.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a69bff8-98ca-44e7-8c8c-510b9c9cea46.jpg?v=1683278400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-billy-goats-gruff-andrew-price-9781533302694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}