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Hello-ello-ello

The Story of Echo

Echo loved to talk. She talked to the goats. She talked to the bees. Nobody else could get a word in.

Ages 4–6 · 32 pages · 8.5 × 8.5 in · Paperback and Kindle

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The story

What happens in this one.

This warm and funny picture book introduces children to Echo, the chattiest nymph in Greek mythology — the girl who could only ever say the last words she heard.

In short, rhythmic sentences made for reading aloud, with echoes all through the story for children to call back, Orson Vale, creator of The Little Myths Library, retells the myth of Echo for the very youngest listeners.

There is nothing frightening here: the queen is cross but never scary, the lost little girl is never in danger, and the ending is pure joy — so Hello-ello-ello can be read to the smallest listeners at bedtime.

Read a sample

The first five pages, as they are printed.

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Page 5 of Hello-ello-ello

The opening of the story — 5 of the 26 story pages. Tap a page to start reading, then turn the pages with the arrows. The rest is in the book.

For the grown-up reading aloud

“About the Real Echo” is the last page.

Every book in the library closes with the original legend retold in plain words — so when the question comes after the last page, there is an answer on it. Nothing is watered down; what changes is the gentleness of the telling.

Reading age
4–6
Read-aloud time
About five minutes
Format
8.5 × 8.5 in paperback
Also on
Kindle, tap to enlarge

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