Pinky and Rex and the Double-Dad Weekend: Ready-to-Read Level 3

by James Howe, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator)

Overview

Early readers will love joining best friends Pinky and Rex on their many adventures!

Pinky and Rex are looking forward to a camping adventure with their dads. They'll hike in the woods and roast marshmallows over a campfire. But a thunderstorm has come along to ruin all their plans. How can the best friends save their double-dad weekend?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689318719
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	04/01/1995
Series:	Pinky & Rex
Edition description:	Repackage
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

James Howe is the author of more than ninety books for young readers. Bunnicula, coauthored by his late wife Deborah and published in 1979, is considered a modern classic of children’s literature. The author has written six highly popular sequels, along with the spinoff series Tales from the House of Bunnicula and Bunnicula and Friends. Among his other books are picture books such as Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores and beginning reader series that include the Pinky and Rex and Houndsley and Catina books. He has also written for older readers. The Misfits, published in 2001, inspired the nationwide antibullying initiative No Name-Calling Week, as well as three sequels, Totally Joe, Addie on the Inside, and Also Known as Elvis. A common theme in James Howe’s books from preschool through teens is the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself. Visit him online at JamesHowe.com.

Melissa Sweet has illustrated more than eighty children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor books The Right Word and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams both written by Jen Bryant. She also wrote and illustrated Tupelo Rides the Rails; Carmine: A Little More Red, which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; and Balloons Over Broadway, a picture book biography that was named a 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Picture Book. When she is not in her studio, Melissa can be found taking an art class, hiking with her dogs, or riding her bicycle. She lives with her family in Rockport, Maine.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 1-The seventh in the series about two best friends. While on a weekend camping trip, Pinky and his father and Rex and her father refuse to let their spirits be dampened by the nonstop rain. They explore a cavern, and later set up camp-tent and all-in a motel room. Subsequent plans take the four friends to a puppet-maker's studio, a reptile museum, a train museum, and, finally, to a miniature-golf course. Sweet's watercolor illustrations complement the text and show readers that these two children and their families are just ordinary people who know how to have fun in spite of the weather and enjoy being together. The universality of the adventures and the design of the book make this title attractive to beginning readers.-Sharron McElmeel, Cedar Rapids Community Schools, IA

School Library Journal

In the seventh episode of a popular series, best friends Pinky and Rex eagerly anticipate the pleasures of a weekend camping adventure with their dads. When rain (predicted by Pinky's gloating little sister) prevents the campers from roasting marshmallows and hiking in the woods, the four put their heads together and manage to have a fun-filled weekend "camping in." Like others in the series, this is perfect for young readers starting to make the difficult transition to chapter books. The text, printed in large type, and Sweet's charming watercolor illustrations combine to make the book both easy to read and attractive. Adults will find the story to be a great read-aloud.

Lauren Peterson