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The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly: a free printable book

Print The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly as a little book to cut and staple, or as one page to read together. Every page has its picture, and the words are the ones in the story. For a file with pictures, press Print below and choose Save as PDF; the PDF buttons give the words only. Free, with no sign-up.

Think before you readLook at the picture first. Who do you see? What do you think will happen in this book?

When your child gets stuck on a word

  1. Look for parts you know.
  2. Sound it out: say each sound, left to right, then say the word fast.
  3. Check it. Is it a real word? Does it make sense? Then check the picture.

If it is a word that cannot be sounded out, like the or said, just tell them the word and have them say it, then reread the sentence.

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Print on 2 sheets of paper turned sideways (choose landscape in the print window). Cut along the dotted lines, put the little pages in order by their numbers, and staple them on the left.

The Penguin Who Wanted to FlyMy name: ____________A free Peabody book
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Pip is a little penguin.

2

Pip wants to fly. Flap, flap, flap!

3

Pip gets up on a big rock.

4

Pip jumps and lands on the ice.

5

A bird flies by. Pip is sad.

6

Pip can not fly like that bird.

7

Ned the penguin says, "Jump in!"

8

Pip jumps in the sea. Splash!

9

Pip's flippers go flap, flap, flap.

10

Pip can swim and swim. Pip is fast!

11

Pip gets a fish. Ned gets a fish.

12

Pip can not fly in the sky.

13

But Pip can fly in the sea!

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