Penguin Parade: Ready-to-Read Level 1

by Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Eva Byrne (Illustrator)

Overview

Penguins compete for the best parade float in this laugh-out-loud Level 1 Ready-to-Read from the author of Chicken Karaoke and Flamingo Bingo!

Hip, hip, hooray—it’s a penguin parade! Who will win the Best Float vote? And does one of the penguins have a surprise trick up his sleeve?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665952118
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	08/27/2024
Series:	Ready-to-Read
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple is the author of more than thirty books for children, some of which she coauthored with her mother, Jane Yolen, including Not All Princesses Dress in Pink. Heidi lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts.

Eva Byrne is an FIT graduate who lives on the coast of Ireland where she works in fashion illustration and illustrates picture books. Her art is imbued with her contagious sense of fun, elegance, and whimsy.

Editorial Reviews

05/03/2024

Toddler-PreS—This early reader starts abruptly, with penguins working together to build a float for a parade that begins at 2:00 p.m. One of these penguins, fancily dressed, carries a ring box and the narrator informs readers that he will open it "after he wins the Best Float vote." Various birds, including flamingos, eagles, turkeys, and dodos, are walking in the parade when catastrophe strikes. Stemple employs sound words to describe how the penguins' float untwines from the car driving it: "Squeak…Creak…Whap, whap, whap…What is that?" All of the birds work together to fix the situation, and a happy ending ensues. The text uses its rhyming scheme well, and the font will be easy for younger readers to decipher. Brightly colored, drawn illustrations are inserted in between text. VERDICT An additional purchase.—Maria Graybosch

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