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Ban-Ban Meets the Hippo!

斑斑遇見河馬

Ban-Ban Meets the Hippo is a shared-reading picture book all about hippos. Ban-Ban the little explorer—hat on, binoculars round his neck—heads alone to a river and discovers lots of fish in it. Suddenly bubbles rise from the water, glug glug. "What is that?" He quietly walks over to take a closer look… (Pages: 19)

Reading guidance

(adjust to your child’s language level)
  • 初階: 指認圖片、模仿單詞。e.g. 「河馬」、「泥巴」
  • 中階: 練習短句。e.g. 「大大的嘴巴」、「三隻小河馬」
  • 進階: 回答較複雜的問題或敘述練習。e.g. 「為什麼河馬要帶斑斑去沼澤玩泥巴?」、「斑斑走到河邊,發現河馬,一起玩泥巴,最後…」
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What's inside

Each pack bundles the story with the language-development guidance and printable worksheets that go with it.

  1. 01

    Story

    The full 19-page picture-book story.

  2. 02

    Language development guidance

    Curated book vocabulary, sentence patterns, and question prompts.

  3. 03

    Worksheets

    8 printable A4 worksheets that go with the book.

In-book worksheets

This episode's worksheets

8 worksheets extend the story — same-picture matching, picture–word pairing, themed activities, and story grammar. The printable A4 set is included in the picture book.

  • Worksheet 1: Match the same picture 01
  • Worksheet 2: Picture–word match 02
  • Worksheet 3: Put the story in order 03
  • Worksheet 4: What is the hippo doing? 04
  • Worksheet 5: Count the baby hippos 05
  • Worksheet 6: Story grammar 06
  • Worksheet 7: Draw your favourite part 07
  • Worksheet 8: Colour it in 08

提升語言理解及表達引導方向

Vocabulary and sentence patterns that go with this story.

詞彙

  • 動物:河馬、小河馬、魚
  • 地點:河川、沼澤、泥巴、水裡、水底
  • 動詞:冒出、打哈欠、吃草、躲、找、玩、洗、不見、張大嘴巴
  • 形容詞:灰色、胖胖的、大大的、髒兮兮、開心

句型

  • 「斑斑+和+河馬/小河馬_____」
  • 「河馬+帶斑斑+去___(沼澤/河裡)」

There’s more in the full guidance

More sentence-pattern expansions and tiered question prompts (情境內 / 情境外問題) are included in the picture book.

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Where to buy

PDF stays exclusive to amybobo.com — these channels carry the standard ebook editions as they roll out.

Taiwan 2 channels
  • Readmoo 讀墨 Soon
  • Pubu 電子書城 Soon
International 3 channels
  • Apple Books Soon
  • Google Play Books Soon
  • Amazon Kindle Soon

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