Marie Rippel from All About Spelling has done it again-- A gorgeous, hardbound reader with high interest stories and wonderful illustrations. My daughters both love these. My fluent reader enjoys the stories, even though she is far beyond them in her reading level. The pre-reader/emerging reader loves to sit and look at the pictures. The book feels like a “real book” to her, not as much like a reader that she already uses in her reading instruction. Like the previous reader we reviewed, this one is motivating her to keep up on her reading practice so she can read it by herself some day.
We aren’t actually using this right now for reading instruction as it falls between the two of them. Hopefully I’ll be able to find it when it is time to use it…but most likely it will be under someone’s pillow for bedtime reading. The stories are that good!
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for the purpose of review and the opinions expressed here are my own. I did not receive any additional compensation.
