Can Pup Find the Pups?

by Vincent X Kirsch

Overview

Pup can’t find the 5 pups. Can you? This Level F reader is perfect for final term kindergarteners, first term first graders, and summer time fun!

Tate looks for new things to draw.
Pup looks too.
Tate sees new things to draw.
Pup sees five pups.

The pups are hiding in the museum. There they are—among the dinosaurs, planets and even the butterflies! Children will enjoy practicing their reading skills as they search the pictures for fun details and five mischievous puppies.

This book has been tested by the official Fountas and Pinnel leveling system.

You will also like Can You Find Pup?, another I Like to Read® book by Vincent X. Kirsch.

Level F books, for early first graders, feature longer, more varied sentences than Level E. Level F books encourage kids to decode new multi-syllable words in addition to recognizing sight words. Stories are more complex, and illustrations provide support and additional detail. When Level F is mastered, follow up with Level G.

The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on guided reading levels A through G, based upon Fountas and Pinnell standards. Acclaimed author-illustrators—including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors—create original, high-quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read again and again with their parents, teachers or on their own!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780823453306
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	02/14/2023
Series:	I Like to Read Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.76(w) x 10.01(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Vincent X. Kirsch is an artist, designer, toymaker, and writer of books, film, and television projects. His work is influenced by theater, puppetry, poster art, classical painting techniques and Hollywood films. Vincent’s illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and a wide array of magazines. He has illustrated more than a dozen children’s books, some of which he also wrote, including Can You Find Pup?, a Holiday House I Like to Read book.

Editorial Reviews

"Unabashedly artsy and sure to enjoy a long stay on the read-again shelf."—Kirkus Reviews

"A cute interactive reader. . . . Using watercolor, ink, and graphite, among other things, to create a whimsical setting, Kirsch presents charming characters in Tate and Pup. . . . readers will be entertained by Tate and Pup, and there is enough text for beginning readers to practice without becoming frustrated."—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

02/04/2022

K-Gr 2—A cute interactive reader about a child, Tate, and Tate's toy, Pup. Tate, who is white, runs out of things to draw and decides to look for inspiration. Along the way, Pup sees five pups, who start to follow them. Tate and Pup visit what looks like an eclectic museum of natural history, and they draw while at each venue or installation. Readers get to see Tate's drawings, in which the book asks them to find a number of things. For example, "Can you see six dinosaurs?" or "Can you see eight planets?" After each question is always the follow-up, "Can you see the five pups?" Using watercolor, ink, and graphite, among other things, to create a whimsical setting, Kirsch presents charming characters in Tate and Pup. Although there is more activity than story, readers will be entertained by Tate and Pup, and there is enough text for beginning readers to practice without becoming frustrated. Similar titles include Eric Carle's 10 Little Rubber Ducks and Hervé Tullet's Press Here. VERDICT An artistic, quick read that uses short counting activities to engage readers. Recommended for purchase.—Hilary Tufo

School Library Journal

2021-11-16
In this seek-and-find story aimed at children beginning their reading journey, readers follow a young boy and his dog as they search for naughty, elusive puppies.

An artistic boy who is the namesake of Britain’s famous Tate art gallery leaves home and walks to a museum with his rainbow-hued poodle, Pup, in tow. As they enter the museum, Pup notices five poodle pups, each a different color, trailing them. Once inside, the little whelps promptly blend into the elaborate exhibits. While Pup relentlessly searches for them with binoculars, Tate draws dinosaurs, planets, and butterflies in his sketchbook. Each time he draws, the text challenges readers to find the hidden pups in his crowded artwork. On the way home, Pup is gloomy, uncertain as to the puppies’ fates. Children and adults alike will smile at the happy ending. This leveled reader uses predictable and repetitive text with sight words, but there is just enough variety in the sentences to support the amusing narrative. The illustrations, created with black gesso, ink, graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor, are the real centerpiece. Kirsch is just as adept at rendering the colorful museum exhibits as the grayscale, childlike drawings in Tate’s sketchbook. Young readers will find the fun Where’s Waldo?–element of this story hard to resist. Tate and the only other human character, a museum docent, are both White.

Unabashedly artsy and sure to enjoy a long stay on the read-again shelf. (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews