Twice as Silly (Ling and Ting Series)

by Grace Lin

Overview

Ling & Ting are twins. They like to be silly. They like to tell jokes. Most of all, they like to laugh together. Laugh with Ling & Ting!

The beloved twins from the Geisel Honor book Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! and Ling & Ting Share a Birthday are back to share their favorite funny stories with beginning readers. This collection of six laugh-out-loud stories is sure to tickle the funny bone of fans and new readers alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316257701
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	11/11/2014
Series:	Passport to Reading Level 3 Series
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	300L (what's this?)
File size:	32 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Grace Lin is the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator of Starry River of the Sky, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, Dumpling Days, and Ling & Ting, as well as pictures books such as The Ugly Vegetables and Caldecott Honor book A Big Mooncake for Little Star. Grace lives with her husband and daughter in Western MA, where they get plenty of winter snow. Her website is www.gracelin.com.

Editorial Reviews

*"A winning addition to a delightfully fun series."—School Library Journal (starred review)

"These twins make learning to read double the fun."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2014-10-01
Adorable twin sisters Ling and Ting are as funny and fresh as ever in their third early reader. In "The Garden," the first of six short episodes, Ting plants some now-ubiquitous cupcakes, hoping to grow more. When Ling explains that only seeds will grow, Ting asks if beans are seeds. After Ling confirms that indeed beans are seeds, Ting amusingly responds, "Then next I will plant jelly beans." The humor continues throughout the accessible text as the girls try to swing higher than trees, come up with an inventive plan to pick apples and discover that, as twins, they can read minds (it helps that Ting is "thinking nothing"). "Lucky Red Paint" reflects the girls' Chinese heritage when they paint their toys red, because the color is considered lucky in China. Finally, "Not a Silly Story" is a clever—and definitely silly—story that recaps elements of the previous five narratives. Ling and Ting take turns telling a story featuring two rabbits, a cupcake tree, a lucky red toy and mind reading. In addition, this culminating story depicts printed, childlike text on lined paper that will be familiar to most school-aged children. Once again Ling and Ting are not exactly the same, as Lin's vibrant, patterned gouache illustrations reflect their subtle and not-so subtle differences. These twins make learning to read double the fun. (Early reader. 5-8)

Kirkus Reviews