I Don't Want to be Big Adaptive Book
by KTURN Speech Therapy © 2026
Price: $2 USD
Subjects: ela,speech
Grades: 14,13,1,2,3
Description
Bring humor and interactive learning to your speech therapy sessions with this **I Don't Want to Be Big! Adaptive Book**, inspired by the hilarious children's book by Dev Petty! Follow Frog as he stubbornly insists that being little is better than growing up! Mom tries to convince him that being bigger has its advantages, but Frog isn't so sure. From some seriously creepy tree frogs to an elephant who is absolutely terrible at hide-and-seek, this silly story is packed with opportunities for laughter, language development, and comprehension practice! **What's Included:** - 14 interactive story pages - 12 comprehension questions with four picture answer choices - Simple, adapted story text to support comprehension and participation **Speech & Language Skills Targeted:** - WH-question comprehension - Receptive and expressive language - Vocabulary development - Size concepts (big, small, bigger, little) - Emotions and perspective-taking - Making inferences - Story sequencing and recall - Humor and social communication - AAC-supported communication **Perfect For:** - Preschool and elementary speech therapy - Special education classrooms - Students with autism or language delays - AAC users and emerging communicators - Individual or small-group instruction - Literacy-based language intervention
Acknowledgements
This adaptive book was inspired by *I Don't Want to Be Big!* by Dev Petty, illustrated by Mike Boldt. All rights to the original story, characters, and illustrations belong to their respective copyright holders. Adapted story text, comprehension questions, and educational activities were created by K-Turn Speech Therapy LLC for speech-language therapy and educational use. Illustrations were generated with the assistance of Canva AI image-generation tools and customized for this resource. This resource is independently created and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original author, illustrator, or publisher.