First-Grade Bunny (Robin Hill School Ready-to-Read Series)

by Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon (Illustrator)

Overview

New readers will love this sweet tail about a bunny joining Mrs. Connor's classroom!

A visitor is coming to Mrs. Connor's class—a bunny! Her name is Sparky and everyone wants to take care of her. Except for Reza. He doesn't want to admit it, but he's afraid of bunnies. So Mrs. Connor gives him a special job, and Reza begins to realize that maybe bunnies aren't so scary after all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689864278
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	02/01/2005
Series:	Robin Hill School
Edition description:	Repackage
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	598,123
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Margaret McNamara is the author of the Robin Hill School series, and she gets many ideas from her daughter’s own school experiences. She lives in New York City.

Mike Gordon illustrates the Robin Hill School series and has an extensive and varied background in illustration and design. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 1-Bunny sets out as a reassuring story about Reza's fear of the new class pet, a bunny. A disquieting dream about being chased by a monster rabbit while in his underpants only reinforces his fear. Mrs. Conner, his sensitive teacher, allows him to make a picture of the bunny (instead of actually helping care for it) as a class job. The story ends on a hopeful note that perhaps, in the future, Reza will be able to pet the bunny. The text is serviceable with routine cartoon illustrations. However, the purpose of this book is to offer "an increased vocabulary and longer sentences for children who are just starting to read." Increasing a child's vocabulary entails repetition, not merely introduction, of new words. Here, they are introduced only once. The most repeated words are a name, Sparky, or common words, such as "said" and "was." Connections to larger programs, such as Literacy Collaborative, would enhance the usefulness of these books in the larger picture of learning to read.-Phyllis M. Simon, Bay Shore School District, NY Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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