Ready? Set. Puppies! (Raymond and Roxy)

by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Derek Anderson (Illustrator)

Overview

The puppies are coming! This Step 2 is perfect for readers age 4 to 6 and captures the anticipation of waiting for your best friend's dog to have puppies. Will Raymond get to keep one?

Raymond and Roxy love playing together—and so do their pets! One day, Raymond learns that Roxy's dog, Flo, is going to have puppies! Raymond does everything fast so he can hardly wait. How long will it take those puppies to be born? And will his parents say yes to a puppy of his very own?

Twenty years after Ready? Set. Raymond! was published, Vaunda Nelson and Derek Anderson continue the adventures of Raymond and Roxy!

Look for all of the Raymond and Roxy stories:
Ready? Set. Raymond!
Ready? Set. Birthday!
Ready? Set. Rides!
Ready? Set. Puppies!

Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593563779
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/16/2024
Series:	Step into Reading Book Series: A Step 2 Book
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.11(d)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

VAUNDA MICHEAUX NELSON is the author of many beginning readers and award-winning books for children, including Almost to Freedom, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book. She was the winner of the 2010 Coretta Scott King Award and Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award for Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal. She works as a librarian in New Mexico where she lives with her husband.

DEREK ANDERSON wrote his first story in second grade and hasn't stopped writing or drawing since. He is the illustrator of Ready? Set. Raymond! and he is also known for the Hot Rod Hamster books, Ten Hungry Pigs, and the illustrations in Little Quack, which was a New York Times best-seller. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

"A great book for early readers." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

12/01/2023

PreS-Gr 1—Raymond and Roxy are best friends. Raymond's cat, Flash, and Roxy's dog, Flo, are also best friends. Flash and Flo like to run and play together, but lately Flo is moving a bit slower. She has a good reason—she's going to have puppies. Raymond hopes he can have one of the puppies. He tells his mother he's not the only one who wants a puppy: Flash does, too. Raymond likes things fast, so waiting for the puppies to arrive is a little difficult for him. He learns patience while waiting. Finally, the puppies arrive. Raymond has already chosen one to take home, but will Flash get along with the little one? This sweet story for children focuses on the friendship between Raymond and Roxy and their pets. The repetition of sight words will help new readers gain confidence in their abilities. VERDICT A great book for early readers.—Barbara Spiri

School Library Journal