House of Adventure
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Stella, Ough and the Red Ball

3 of 5 books left

Kahu · Art Director

Sunlit watercolour & Otago gold

Te reo doors active
Develop a reference sheet or scene note Tap a pill

The Toybox

Character & place sheets pinned to linen — keeps every page consistent
4 pinned sheets

Storyboard Ribbon

3 two-page spreads (6 pages total) · Paint Spread 3 before reading with your tamaiti
Spread 1 illustration: Stella and Ough outside their pale-blue whare by Lake Hayes
Spread 1 · Pages 1–2 Painted

“Stella and Ough stepped out of their little whare by Lake Hayes. Ough had his red ball…”

Spread 2 illustration: A blue pūkeko in the reeds with one foot on the red ball
Spread 2 · Pages 3–4 Painted

“Out stepped a pūkeko, blue and bright… ‘Ka pai!’ laughed Stella.”

Spread 3 illustration: Golden hour over the Remarkables and Ough asleep at the whare
Spread 3 · Pages 5–6 Pencil layout

“The three new friends played until the sky over the Remarkables turned gold… Aroha.”