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Bathtub Safari

A familiar bath-time setting becomes imaginative play, connecting everyday routines and pictures.

Suggested age: 0–3岁 · Reading level L1 · 12 illustrated pages

Jack's mother pokes her head around the bathroom door. Jack relaxes in his bath.

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A familiar bath-time setting becomes imaginative play, connecting everyday routines and pictures.

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Jack's mother pokes her head around the bathroom door. Jack relaxes in his bath.
Bathtime is Jack’s favourite part of the day.

‘I’ll be back in a few moments,’ says his mom. ‘Make sure to clean behind your ears.’
Jack sees something green and spiky move on the water.
There’s a SWOOSH. And a swish of a tail.

And then…
Jack gleefully rides on the back of a crocodile.
Jack’s bathtub safari begins!
Jack notices something twisting on the grey taps.
Look at what’s coming!

There’s a twist and a turn..

Something’s growing…

It’s a…
Jack stands on an elephant's back while it showers him with water.
TOOOT!
From the elephant's back, Jack notices something long and yellow.
There’s a RUMBLE!

UP

UP

It’s going up

and…
Jack swings from the neck of a giraffe.
SPLASH!
A sponge in the water turns into a hippopotamus.
There’s a SPLOSH. Something bubbles.

It’s time to…
Jack sunbathes on the hippo's back. From there he sees something orange.
AAAAAAH

But something’s lurking in the background…
A lion roars.
ROAR
Jack's mother is at the bathroom door. Jack lies alone in the bath.
‘Time to get out. I hope you’re clean and ready for bed.’
Jack is fast asleep in bed surrounded by his toy animals.

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Created by
Tracy Lynn Chemaly, Robert McEwan, Sarah-Jane Williams

Source: Book Dash
Original: Bathtub Safari from Book Dash
License: CC BY 4.0

Original story text and illustrations unchanged. Website and printable layout prepared by Little Leaf; age, reading level and recommendation are editorial suggestions. Web and printable layout adapted by Little Leaf. Age and reading-level suggestions are editorial. Original stories and artwork belong to their credited creators. Website narration uses the selected synthetic Voice 7.