Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Bug in a Rug


Title: Bug in a Rug: Reading Fun For Just-Beginners

Authors: Joanna Cole and Stephanie Calmenson

Genre/theme of book: poetry

Summary of book: This is a collection of poems and short stories for beginning readers. The poems and stories use pictures, rebus stories, and context clues to help the reader learn the words. Some stories are for parents to read to children, others for children to parents, and others together as a pair. The poems and stories are short so you can read as many or as few as you want in one sitting!

Characters: a variety of characters

Reader's comments: This book seems like a great book to be used at home or school. Students can read alone, with parents, teachers, peers, siblings, and friends, feeling successful each time! The rhymes and predictable text set the reader up for success.

Grade level appropriateness: preschool up

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