Rosie’s Word-Turn Game

“The floor is jelly!” Rosie has a picnic to carry, and the rug she wants is across the wobbly lake. Her first hop gets her onto a cushion—and starts a game with one tricky rule: every turn needs a word she hasn’t used before.

Hop is out. Stomp makes the cushion tip and sends her apple bumping against the basket lid. Tiptoe is gentler, but the cushions still wobble. Rosie tries being a snail, then a frog, as she works out how to get her lunch safely across. With the picnic—and her patience—at stake, can she find a word that does more than describe a move?

Rosie’s playful word choices, imaginative jelly-lake adventure, and expressive sounds make this picture book a lively read-aloud for ages 5–8. Follow along as she turns a familiar sitting room into a place for clever thinking, pretend play, and a very important picnic.