The New Polka Dot Tea Party

What could be more fun
than a tea party?

“A polka dot tea party of course,” says Jackie Rabbit, as she delivers party invitations to her friends.

Put your polka dots on, make up some polka dot jokes, and warm up your dance moves with your favorite dance music.

Then join Jackie and her friends as they discover shapes in nature, sip tea, munch on cookies, sing, dance, tell jokes and laugh at the best polka dot tea party ever.

Released: March 14, 2024
Pages: 40
Softcover ISBN: 979-8-9885893-2-7
Hardcover ISBN: 979-8-9885893-3-4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024900252
Age Range: 2-7
Author/Illustrator: Vicki Riske
Editor: Elisabeth Rinaldi
Inky Paw Editing, Inc.

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“Polka dots are everywhere!” Says Jackie Rabbit

This easy-to-read book about friendship and discovery contains full-color illustrations featuring fun representations of the Sonoran Desert and its inhabitants. Each of the characters is engaged with Jackie in the discovery of polka dots in nature throughout the dialogue.

The entertaining story is easy for the advanced Kindergartner to read with a storyline that can keep children 3 to 6 interested.

The Polka Dot Tea Party is a large 11" x 8 1/2" size, making it easy to read by yourself or with a friend. Order yours today! - Ordering Information

Author and Illustrator
Vicki Riske

Just like Jackie Rabbit, the main character of this book, Vicki has lived in the Arizona desert for many years.

After a career as a learning designer, she now spends time writing children’s stories, and designing and making puppets. She loves hiking in the desert around Phoenix, looking high and low for polka dots. Vicki is passionate about preserving the giant polka dot we all live on for future generations.

Vicki’s award winning book, Fishy Tales has been translated into Spanish, Los pececitos aventureros by Sonia Elizabeth Soto. These two books are about fish who love to swim, and play in the ocean. But encounter a huge problem caused by plastic trash. This book is a great conversation starter for discussions on climate change and our responsibility to care for our planet earth.

Phoenix artist Laura Best illustrated Grandma Bibi, a heartwarming story about shared memories and love. It tackles the difficulties of memory loss in older loved ones from a child’s perspective. Sonia Elizabeth Soto, translated Grandma Bibi into the Spanish version, La Abuela Bibi.

My Teeth Are Too Big, is about the challenges that come with change and how the magic of dreams can help us cope.

Dear Grandma and Grandpa/Queridos abuelos is a dual language book. Vicki co-authored this book with Sonia Elizabeth Soto. Writing this book was a new experience, they had to make decisions on how to work with the text in the design of the book. They decided to keep the English and Spanish text close to each other and used color to differentiate the languages.

The story is about a bored Jackie Rabbit. Her friends are too busy to play with her, so she asks her Mother if she can play. Mother Rabbit is too busy writing a letter to her sister and suggests that Jackie should write a letter to her grandparents. She doesn’t know how to write letters, so Mother explains the process. Jackie discovers the joy of writing and receiving letters.

Fun Activity Ideas

Polka Dots are everywhere.

Our free download has 10 ideas to aid the reader in recognizing shapes in the home, on the playground, and out in the world.

Samples:
Activity #1 - Make up a song about polka dots. You or an adult can write down the words to your song.

Activity #3 - Did you see the owl in the story? Draw a picture of the owl. Did you notice the polka dots on the owl? Hint: What does the owl use to see?

Activity #6 - Walk around your house and find 4 polka dot objects and draw them here.

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Vicki Riske, Author, Illustrator
We Are Puppeteers

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We Are Puppeteers is a new company with years of experience working on creative endeavors in Puppetry, Theatre, Television, Movies, and Animation to entertain, teach, and enrich audiences of all ages.