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Who Lives Under the Log?: a free printable book

Print Who Lives Under the Log? 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. 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.

📖 Read it on screenMore printable books

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.

Who Lives Under the Log?My name: ____________A free Peabody book
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A log lies in the woods.

Lift it. Look!

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A worm! No eyes, but it feels the light.

It breathes with its skin.

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A pill bug! It is not a bug.

It is a cousin of the crab.

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It eats old, rotting plants.

A ground beetle! It hunts at night.

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It eats slugs and worms.

A red-backed salamander! It has no lungs.

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It breathes with its skin, too.

It eats worms and snails.

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It must stay damp.

It is cool, dark, and damp. A good home.

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Put the log back. Now they are home.

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