My Red Ball
Preschool · First words
My Red Ball
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl
Kick! The red ball goes up the hill. Up, up, up! Will it come back?
- 8 pages
- 33 words
- Short read
For grown-ups: what this book practices, and where it comes from
What this book practices
A first book with one short line on every page. A girl kicks her ball up a hill, and the hill sends it back. Short-vowel words (red, get, kick, up, top) and the sight words I, my, is, on and can.
- Level
- First words: One short line on each page
- Phonics focus
- short e, short i, ck endings, three-sound words
- Themes
- Everyday, Humor
- After the story
- A short activity checks understanding, then a prompt to tell a grown-up about the book.
Levels are PlayOwl's own design guidelines for each grade, not a certified reading level. In I'll Read, PlayOwl records that a child turned every page; it cannot hear whether the words were read.
Credit and rights
Written and illustrated by PlayOwl.
- Cover
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Illustrations
- Drawn in code for PlayOwl in 2026 with the Read with Olly illustration kit. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
- Narration
- Spoken by the reader's own device voice. PlayOwl ships no recording. No recorded work exists.
- Text
- Written for PlayOwl in 2026. An original story; it does not retell any existing book. Original work owned by PlayOwl.
