Don’t Tell by Tom Booth | Ages 3-6 | Feiwel & Friends | An Imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Host an unforgettable

with these fun tips!

DON’T TELL! STORYTIME

Don’t Tell by Tom Booth | Ages 3-6 | Feiwel & Friends | An Imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

Whisper a Secret!Grab a couple of friends to test your skills. Whisper a secret to the person next to you, have that person repeat what he/she heard to the next ect. Was your secret the same as the final?

• Bear can barely wait to share his berries!

• Frog sits on a log in a bog.• Harvey is a very elegant elephant!• Many monkeys munch on M&Ms.• Owl always asks, “who?”.

See what fun prompts you can come up with!

DON’T TELL! Read-Aloud TipsCount the AnimalsThere are a lot of animals in this book! Can you count how many animals are in the group? It starts small with just one kid, but soon the group grows!

Animal noisesAnimals make lots of funny noises! As each new animal enters the story, make the sound that animal makes.

COLORING PAGEHarvey needs animal friends! Color in Harvey, and then add as many animals as you can in the space below.

Don’t Tell by Tom Booth | Ages 3-6 | Feiwel & Friends | An Imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

WORD SCRAMBLE

KOMYEN

ROGF

IGP

PNAELHTE

RIBD

Can you unscramble these secret words? Once you unscramble, draw a line connecting the word to the animal!

Don’t Tell by Tom Booth | Ages 3-6 | Feiwel & Friends | An Imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

SHARE-A-SECRET CRAFTFollow the directions to make your own cup and string telephone. Find a friend and try whispering to each other through the cups!

SUPPLIES NEEDED • Two paper or plastic cups • A long piece of yarn• Scissors and a grown up

to help • Markers, paint, or crayons

to decorate

DIRECTIONS 1. Decorate the outside of your cups

2. Using the tip of the scissors, have an adult help poke a small hole in the bottom of each cup.

3. Thread the long piece of yarn through each hole, connecting the two cups. Be sure that the cups have the open side facing each end of the string.

4. Tie a knot bigger than the hole on the inside of each cup to hold the yarn in place.

5. Have one person hold the cup to their ear, and the other person whole the cup to their mouth. Pull the string tight, and speak into the cup.

6. The other person can hear through the other end!

Don’t Tell by Tom Booth | Ages 3-6 | Feiwel & Friends | An Imprint of Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

SPOT THE DIFFERENCECan you find the differences in these pictures of Harvey and his friends? Circle the five differences.

1. Bird is on Monkey’s head. 2. Pig is purple instead of pink. 3. Pig’s tail is missing! 4. Frog is on the girl’s head. 5. Giraffe’s head moved!

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