Rappy Goes to the Supermarket

by Dan Gutman, Tim Bowers (Illustrator)

Overview

Rappy the Raptor is going to the grocery store. What a bore! But Rappy finds himself actually having fun…that is, until he tips over a HUGE display of toilet paper rolls. The manager is angry, but the quick-thinking Rappy uses his rhyming skills to save the day!

Beginning readers will enjoy rapping through the supermarket aisles with everyone’s favorite raptor. Rappy knows how to make even a trip to the supermarket fun! This rhyming Level Two I Can Read is perfect for beginning and developing readers.

Where are you taking me?

I really want to know.

Why are you making me?

I don’t want to go!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062252630
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	01/03/2017
Series:	I Can Read Book 2 Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 36 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

Tim Bowers has illustrated over thirty children’s books, including the New York Times bestsellers Dream Big, Little Pig! by Kristi Yamaguchi and Dinosaur Pet by Neil and Marc Sedaka. His artwork has received much recognition, including the Children’s Choice Award and Junior Library Guild selections. Tim lives with his wife in Granville, Ohio. You can visit him online at www.timbowers.com.

Editorial Reviews

2016-09-19
The reluctant rhyming, rapping dino has to be dragged to the supermarket by his mother, but maybe shopping isn’t so bad. In this outing, Rappy saves the day with his rhymes when his mother forgets her shopping list: luckily, he made up a poem. Up and down the aisles they roam, Rappy’s attitude slowly changing as he sees all the goods on offer. The young dino even goes out of his way to be helpful, volunteering to find the toilet paper on his own. But the precarious tower of tissue comes tumbling down on his head, bringing the manager running: “You’re a pest. / You made a mess. / And now I’m feeling lots of stress. / I’m gonna scream and lose control, / Unless you pick up every roll!” Turns out Rappy is a born salesman, and in no time, he has shoppers coming to pick up something they all need: “But just in case you forgot ’em, / This is something for your bottom!” Gutman makes the move to early readers with this entry in the I Can Read! series, a level two (“reading with help”) that uses challenging vocabulary (“mosquito,” “cough,” “windshield,” “guaranteed”) and anywhere from four to nine lines of verse on each page, with Bowers’ illustrations serving to break up the text. Unfortunately, rhymes often feel forced and the scansion falters, making this a lackluster outing. Kids practicing their reading skills deserve better. (Early reader. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews