Sally Rippin Holiday Program: The Bad Butterfly

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U L C EX Ri y l l a S with ties i v i t c Ea M y!

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R O F E M I T S ’ S! S IT A L C T E L BAL

How well do YOU know Billie B Bro

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TAKE THE QUIZ!

Dear reader,

Read with Sally!

Have you started The Bad Butterfly yet?

Why don’t you read along with Sally, and see if you can finish the rest by yourself!

PUSH PLAY!

Thank you so much for signing up to my holiday program! We’re going to have such a fun time exploring the world of Billie B Brown together.

Some of you will already know Billie B Brown really well, and some of you will be meeting her for the fir st time. Some of you might be super-dooper readers, and others will be just starting – it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you lov e to read and you love to have fun. We are going to keep you really busy with this holiday program – from colouring sheets, to activities, and even real school work! There are quizzes and videos and all sorts of things coming – you will learn everything you need to know about Bil lie B Brown.

This week we’re taking it all the way back to where Billie first started with The Bad Butterfly. y This was the first EVER Billie boo k I wrote, over 10 YEARS AGO, and it holds a ver y special place in my heart.

The Bad Butterfly is about Billie and Jack starting ballet class. Billie is sure she will be a wonderful dancer – but sometimes things don’t go according to plan!

Make sure you send me any questions you have. I would also love to see your creations – and don’t forget to enter all the competitions that will come up along the way!

You contact me on my website any time you like:

sallyrippin.com Lots of love,

Sally

-UPS FOR THE GROWN

What makes Billie so special?

Sally first starting writing the Billie B Brown series when her son was is grade two, and was having trouble learning to read – even though he practiced all the time, reading was still hard, and the books he was bringing home from school were boring. So Sally started making her own stories just for him, and she’s been writing ever since.

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d e e n u o y s g n i h t to know about

PER-DOOPER Billie’s most SU WICH FAVOURITE SAND

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oney is banana-and-h with sprinkles.

JACK . He Billie’s best friend is they’ve been lives next door and ey were babies. best friends since th Billie can run faster than everyone else in her class!

Billie’s record for hanging upsid edown on the monkey bars is ten minutes and fourteen seconds.

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Billie can eat THREE BOWLS of spaghetti bolognaise and two servings of banana pudding in one sitting.

Can you make a list of ten things that make you SUPER-DOOPER special?

Maybe you could share it with your parents or your bestie. You might like to include your favourite colours or food, or something unusual about yourself. Why don’t you ask your whole family to write a list? It could be a fun way of finding out something new about your loved ones!

Billie’s FAVOURITE OUTFIT is her orange dress with purple polka-dots. Her pyjamas are her second fave.

Billie LOVES reading and can’t wait to read the Harry Potter series one day.

Billie and Jack’s favourite movie is FINDING NEMO. They always laugh at the same parts.

Billie has six freckles on her face. She loves them.

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Billie can fit fifteen marshmallows in her mouth at once.

She likes pink marshmallows best.

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s g n i h t e favou rit inside day to do on an i

Writing BILLIE LOVES TO WRITE. She sometimes writes notes to her best friend, Jack, and leaves them in his letterbox! It’s fun to practise handwriting. And who doesn’t love

g n i w a r D Billie

getting letters? If you’re not sure what to write, ask an adult to write a letter, and then you can copy it. And don’t forget to leave a return address –

LOVES to use her imagination to

you might get a letter back!

draw the most wonderful things. She uses pencils, crayons and textas. Try drawing a house covered in spots, or a dragon with flowers all over it! Try drawing something with your eyes closed, or drawing something upside down!

Mo vie time!

Watch your favourite movie

e l c a t s b O course

Forts!

Build a fort in your living room out of blankets and cushions. Or your could even set up a tent!

and laugh yourself silly!

Sometimes, when it’s an inside

Billie likes to make her

day, Billie and Jack like to

own popcorn to nibble on.

use all their pillows and

She also likes to cuddle

pretend they are knights

under a blanket.

Make an obstacle course and time yourself as you make your way through it. You might like to jump over a broom, crawl under a chair, do five star jumps and then somersault over the finish line. Or you might like to try something else – see what kind of obstacles you can create using only things from around the house. If you have siblings, see how long it takes for them to get through your obstacle course!

fighting dragons! It’s a good idea to use a blanket for the door, and don’t forget to draw a flag to fly!

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It’s time for

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ballet class!

How well do YOU know the

first Billie B Brown book,

PUSH PLAY!

The Bad Butterfly?

Take this quiz to find out!

1 In The Bad Butterfly, what does the B in Billie B Brown stand for?

Circle the right answer! butterfly

ballerina

banana

2 What colour are Billie’s ballet slippers?

3 Who does Billie go to ballet class with?

4 What is the name of the ballet teacher?

5 What does Lola’s tutu have on it?

6 What instrument does the ballet teacher play?

7 Fill in the gap! The ballet teacher ask the boys to be fierce, stomping ���������������������������� .

8 At her first ballet class, what does Billie crash into?

9 Circle the right answer: Billie gets to Jack’s house through a hole in the wall

fence

roof

10 What type of shoes does Billie wear to her second ballet class?

Learn ballet with ! e t t o l r a d h n a C e Grac Are you a floating butterfly or a stomping troll? Have a go at both and see which is more fun!

Answers 1. Ballerina (see page 2) 2. Pink (see page 1) 3. Jack (see page 5) 4. Miss Dainty (see page 7) 5. Sparkles (see page 8) 6. Piano (see page 9) 7. Trolls (see page 13) 8. The mirror (see page 19) 9. Fence (see page 26) 10. Big red boots (see page 37)

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You two are BRILLIANT ballet dancers! Thank you so much for our ballet class. What is your favourite thing about ballet?

Grace: I love dancing onstage.

When you’re onstage, you’re

Charlotte: When we get to do dancing onstage and wear

telling a story to the audience and cos tumes. making them feel different things.

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with Grace and Charlotte!

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Our wonderful ballet teachers

GRACE (almost 9) and CHARLOTTE (almost 7). Grace and Charlotte are BIG Billie B Brown fans, SUPER sisters,

the library and in Grace: I have two. In tte: In my bedroom my bedroom. Charlo y and I’m sitting when it’s really sunn d reading a book. next to a window an

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RADICAL readers and BRILLIANT ballerinas! We wanted to get to know our guest contributors a bit better, so we asked them SEVEN SUPER-DOOPER QUESTIONS!

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fans for You guys have been Billie urite a while! What is your favo n? thing about Billie B Brow iendly.

Grace: How she is fr .

Charlotte: She is kind

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I know it’s hard to choose, but which is your favourite Billie B Brown book?

Grace: The Spotty Holiday Charlotte: The Birthday Mix-Up

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Your ballet routine was so e role Do you prefer to dance th of the butterfly or troll? cause they’re Grace: Butterflies. Be autiful. gentle and really be s. Because Charlotte: Butterflie

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What is your favourite movie?

Grace: Frozen II. Charlotte: Frozen II.

. they’re nice and calm

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You seem to be avid readers. Tell us three other books you’re reading at the moment.

Grace - The Naughtiest Unicorn books, Ella at Eden and Just Grace series.

Charlotte - All the Billie B Brown books (over and over), Just Grace books and Fancy Nancy picture books because they’re fancy and I like fancy things.

Billie and Jack are great friends! I wonder what makes them such good buddies. Do you think it’s because they like the same things?

SECOND POSITION

Think about the things that Billie and Jack both like, and the things

TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY

that only one of them likes. Think about their hobbies, their personalities ON IRD POSITI

and what they look like. Write and draw to fill in the Venn diagram below.

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Do you know what the B in Billie B Brown stands for? In The Bad Butterfly, it stands for

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BALLERINA! FIRST POSITION

Ballet positions SAME

In ballet, there are five basic positions to learn.

FIFTH POSITION

Give them a go!

Jack

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Billie

Today you’re going to be a BILLIE B BROWN WORD

TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY

DETECTIVE! Trace each letter below, making sure to say the sound as you trace it. Once you have finished tracing the letter, search through The Bad Butterfly to find a word that begins with that letter, and write it down.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm

Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Where’s Molly?

Help Billie through the maze to find her perfect pet!

Rhyme helps us to learn to read. Do you know, if you can read ‘fit’, then you can also read ‘sit’? ‘Fit’ and ‘sit’ sound the same – they RHYME. Look at the words from The Bad Butterfly below. Can you find the words that they rhyme with?

play Jack

hay

may

TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY

Draw a line to match the rhyming words.

stay

honey bunny

Billie

sunny

money

stop mop

ballet

pop

top

wing When Billie’s finished colouring in, she loves to play outside with her best friend Jack!

sing

king

soccer

lot pot

dot

hot

butterfly

ring

Can you find all the words?

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Billie and Jack sure are the best of friends. Read each sentence below and find the missing word. Write the correct missing word in the gap and cross it off the list.

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Billie Jack Noah Guinea Pig Project

ACTIVITY

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Billie and Jack They do everything

. , then Jack will play soccer too.

you like to do together? Draw a picture of fun. You could write about it as well!

together

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, then Billie will too.

‘I’m no good at ballet.’

a ‘I’ll NEVER be n a.’ i r e l l a b s u o m a f

Next week!

Think about a time that you found something tricky. I bet you didn’t give up – just like Billie didn’t give up. Did you keep practising? Did you get help from a friend like Jack?

Write a story about that tricky time, and what you did to solve the problem. Draw a picture to match your writing when you finish.

TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITY

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ll her new soccer ba Billie has kicked . Her friends ce n fe s e’ ti er G py over Grum ever give it back. say Gertie will n way to befriend Can Billie find a ball?

Gertie and get her

Interviews

Quizzes

Gardening lessons Sally Chat and more!

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Launch timetable

You might have some of these Billie B Brown books in your bookcase, or they might be available as an ebook to borrow from your local library!

Billie B Brown books can be found where all good books are sold. While it’s a bit tricky to get to the shops at the moment, we recommend checking if your local bookstore

HBOUR THE GRUMPY NEIG pril y6A Launching Monda

THE HONEY BEES Launching Monday 13 April

is doing delivery, or look up any of the fabulous Australian retailers who sell books online.

We are going to profile a different bookseller every week!

FIRST UP!

THE HAT PARADE Launching Monday 20 April THE SPOTTY HOLIDAY Launching Monday 27 April

Dymocks have been selling books in Australia since 1879! There are Dymocks stores all over the country, and many are currently offering

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deliveries. So give your local a call! wn

www.dymocks.com.au/brands/billie-b-bro

CLICK HERE! THE SOCCER STAR Launching Monday 11 May

Dymocks have loved Billie since she first published, 10 years ago!

‘I love the Billie B Brown books. Billie is such a fun and engaging character and her super-dooper everyday adventures are the perfect stories to encourage kids to read by themselves. They’ll be hooked in no time!

Nicola

, Children’s Category Manager

Contact us!

While we can’t meet up at a wonderful book event right now, we welcome you to the Sally Rippin Holiday Program community.

Let’s keep in touch. Email us!

Do you have questions? Suggestions? Maybe you just want to send us a picture of a butterfly!

We will be checking our mail, and Sally will be answering a selection of questions every week! mailbag@hardiegrant.com.au

CLICK HERE!